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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Eddie in Chapter Two?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy-two.

2. What does Eddie make for the little girl at the Pier in Chapter 1?
(a) A rabbit made from balloons.
(b) A pipe cleaner rabbit.
(c) An ice cream cone.
(d) A magic trick.

3. How does Eddie's leg become crippled?
(a) From a car accident.
(b) Getting it caught in a ride.
(c) From an accident at the Pier.
(d) From the war.

4. Where does the reader first meet Eddie?
(a) Ruby Pier.
(b) In the hospital where he is first born.
(c) In his apartment.
(d) At a dance with Marguerite.

5. Whose philosophy reads, "When your time came, it came, and that was that"?
(a) Eddie's.
(b) A child's.
(c) Eddie's father.
(d) Marguerite's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Eddie at the end of Chapter One?

2. How does Eddie feel about the safety of Ruby Pier?

3. What does Eddie hear once he dies?

4. What color does Eddie see when he first dies?

5. How does the author portray Uncle Mickey in Chapter Two?

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