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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. On Wednesday, the parents told the staff at the hospital that they were going to take Colton where?

2. The doctor showed them what he had done in surgery, and he taught them how to do what?

3. Colton also insisted that they pay the doctor. Why?

4. _____________ before they went to the Butterfly Pavilion, Colton had a stomachache.

5. Who wore different colored sashes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Colton react after surgery? Why?

2. What was significant about the donations that came in?

3. How was Todd's mastectomy a miracle? Do you agree that this is a miracle? Why or why not?

4. What made taking a CT scan challenging? What wa the technician's suggestion? Was this good? Why or why not?

5. Colton said he did homework in heaven. What kind of homework might this have been? Why?

6. What did the Burpos refuse to stop paying? Why do they do this?

7. How did Colton react at the funerals? Why?

8. How did the Burpos realize something unusual has happened to their son?

9. How was life difficult after the surgery?

10. How are the markers on Jesus' hands and feet significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Heaven is filled with children.

Part 1) Describe this child-filled heaven. Why might heaven be filled with children? How does the author prove that Colton's story about heaven is true? What information does he provide to back this claim that heaven is filled with children?

Part 2) How does this new information about heaven affect the Burpo family? How does their view of children change? How might this book change others views of children?

Part 3) What do you see as the importance of children? What role do they play in society? How can adults learn from them?

Essay Topic 2

Colton meets Pop in heaven.

Part 1) Who is Pop? How is this significant? Why might Colton meet Pop in heaven? What purpose might this serve?

Part 2) What is significant about the way Pop looks in heaven? What might this signify about heaven, or at least Colton's heaven? How does this tie in with the people with whom Jesus felt a close connection?

Part 3) Describe Colton's sister's appearance in heaven. Why might she look this way? Why would all people in heaven be in the same age range? What might be the purpose of this?

Essay Topic 3

The trip in March was to be celebratory.

Part 1) Why was the trip supposed to be celebratory? What had happened to the Burpo family prior to this trip? How had their faith and strength been tested? What did these previous challenges reveal about the Burpo family?

Part 2) How did the trip change? Why did it change? How did the various family members react to these changes? What do these reactions reveal about them?

Part 3) How, in the end, did this trip in March lead to celebration? When have you suffered and later realized it had led you to positive changes in your life and/or in the lives of others?

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