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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie learn from the Blue Man?
(a) That everyone is connected.
(b) That Eddie has to pay for the role in his death.
(c) That life is short.
(d) That one should appreciate what one has.

2. How does Eddie spend his sixtieth birthday?
(a) He visits the place he and Marguerite first met.
(b) He goes to work and fishes.
(c) He sleeps all day.
(d) He rides the rides on the Pier.

3. Who does the author introduce in a flashback at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Eddie's brother.
(b) Eddie's father.
(c) Eddie's girlfriend.
(d) Eddie's friend.

4. How does Eddie feel when he wakes up?
(a) Sad and alone.
(b) Young, but skeptical.
(c) Wonderful, but alone.
(d) Happy and alive.

5. What does Eddie do on his seventy-fifth birthday?
(a) Works at the park.
(b) Goes fishing.
(c) Takes a drive.
(d) Goes to the racetrack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie say to Marguerite about the war?

2. What happens between Eddie and his father?

3. With whom does Eddie first share the news that he found the girl he wishes to marry?

4. What is different about Eddie when he wakes up?

5. Where does Eddie wind up on his journey through death in Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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