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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Uncle Mickey do to Eddie during his birthday?
(a) Slaps Eddie's shoulders in congratulations.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Gets into a fight with him.
(d) Bumps Eddie's head several times.

3. What is the last thing Eddie remembers physically feeling before he dies?
(a) Pain.
(b) The little girl's hands in his own.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Fear.

4. What does Eddie feel after he has died?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Pain.
(c) Calm and no pain.
(d) Love.

5. How does the author portray Uncle Mickey in Chapter Two?
(a) As insensitive to a child.
(b) As kind.
(c) As oblivious.
(d) As malicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the sea that Eddie sees?

2. Where does the reader first meet Eddie?

3. What is the significance of the day in Chapter One for Eddie?

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

5. What does Eddie remember thinking, right after he dies?

(see the answer key)

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