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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Don see first when he dies?

2. Where was Don's car struck?

3. What does Don feel like when he wears the frame in public?

4. Who does Don meet who also has an Iliazrov frame?

5. What does Don believe as he thinks about the circumstances surrounding his accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hit Don and what happened to his car?

2. Where does Don go after he leaves the accident scene?

3. What are some of the coincidences that occurred around Don's accident that help him survive?

4. What does one of the EMTs tell Dick and what does he do?

5. What happens six days after Don's accident and what are Eva's and David Gentiles' response? What do the doctors discover?

6. What does Don not experience and what does he experience when he dies?

7. Who are some of the people Don sees in heaven?

8. What happens to Don on a daily or basis that leaves him in pain and exhausted?

9. What is the Iliazrov Frame and how is it used?

10. What happened to the people in the other cars that were hit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Don's view of heaven is calming, peaceful and warm. Listeners recognize that Don's story is not a hoax and find comfort and hope from its telling.

1. Explain why you agree or disagree with the above statement. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Discuss how you felt about death before you read this book and how you feel now.

Essay Topic 2

As Don describes heaven, the reader relaxes and time comes to a standstill. The reader begins to wonder about who will comprise his own heavenly welcoming committee.

1. Explain why you agree or disagree with the above statement.

2. Many people have claimed to have died and report many different scenarios. Why do you think this might be?

3. Describe what you would like to see and who you would like to see if you had been in Don's place.

Essay Topic 3

Don still struggles with the question of why? He questions why he was in the accident, why he was allowed to glimpse heaven and why he had to come back; in short, he questions everything. Don has no answers to any of his questions. His lack of answers makes writing his story extremely difficult.

1. Why do you think Don still struggles with the why of his whole ordeal? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Don might have been allowed to glimpse heaven and then come back? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Don's lack of answers make writing his story difficult?

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