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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 did Charlie say he would do if he was ever diagnosed with cancer?

2. What did Don find out later about when he woke and was singing?

3. What happens to the individual whose motorcycle crashed?

4. What did Don see when he was leaning against the wall to catch his breath after going to the balcony in the arena?

5. What did Don do the night before he left the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. After several years what had Don told Eva about his death?

2. How did his accident affect his mother and how does she help out?

3. What does Don tell about waking up and having someone holding his hand and what does he find out about that?

4. What does Don say to the police officer, Brad and his wife?

5. What does Don ask of his three children and how do they respond?

6. What does Don think about his children through his ordeal?

7. How is Don's emotional health by Chapter Ten?

8. What is one of the major changes Eva faces during Don's recovery? How does Don react to that change?

9. What is one of the worst parts of Don's recovery and how do they handle it?

10. In what other way besides accident victim does Don help people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dick's wife, Anita, leans over to Don and whispers that Dick never held Don's hand. Don stares at her in disbelief as Anita explains how Dick had to squeeze through the trunk and was barely able to reach Don's shoulder. Don's hand was laying on the passenger side door and there was no possible way Dick could have reached it. Don realizes that the hand he felt holding him tightly was an angel's. Don realizes that even when he does not feel it, that hand is always there supporting Don as he moves through life.

1. Do you think Don was hallucinating someone holding his hand? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Dick's wife should have told Don the truth about where Dick was? Why or why not?

3. Do you think it was an angel holding Don's hand when he woke? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Don continues to suffer from severe depression. He is battling anger, which is often unleashed on the medical staff.

1. Discuss why Don might take his anger out on the medical staff.

2. Discuss how you think you would feel in Don's position?

3. Why do you think the staff tolerates Don's anger and abuse?

Essay Topic 3

Don has lost all control over his life and must lie helplessly while others try to help him. Despair seems the only available emotion at this stage.

1. Do you think Don's loss of control and how he feels about it is unusual for people in his situation? Why or why not?

2. Explain how you think you would feel and react if you were in Don's situation.

3. Why do you think someone might despair after having come back from the dead? Explain your answer.

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