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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Mickey give Eddie for his birthday?
(a) A signed baseball.
(b) A play pistol and cowboy hat.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A silver dollar.

2. What is the significance of the day in Chapter One for Eddie?
(a) It is his co-worker's wife's birthday.
(b) It is Christmas day.
(c) It is his birthday.
(d) It is the opening day of the season at Ruby Pier.

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

4. What does Eddie learn about his voice in Heaven?
(a) It will come; silence helps people listen.
(b) It is only permitted during urgent situations.
(c) It will change once Eddie learns his lessons.
(d) It has disappeared forever.

5. Why can't Eddie play with the erector set he received for his eighth birthday?
(a) It breaks before he can use it.
(b) His father takes it away.
(c) He misbehaved.
(d) He has to attend a funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eddie feel when he wakes up?

2. What does Eddie see when he dies?

3. How long has Eddie been at the Pier after he died?

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

5. What does Uncle Mickey do to Eddie during his birthday?

(see the answer key)

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