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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect....death doesn't take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed."?
(a) The funeral director.
(b) The priest.
(c) Eddie.
(d) The Blue Man.

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

3. What literary device does the author repetitively use to reveal clues about Eddie's life?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Personification.

4. 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 has to attend a funeral.
(d) He misbehaved.

5. Where does Eddie wake up in Chapter Three?
(a) In heaven.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the Philippines.
(d) In the teacup ride on Ruby Pier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eddie try to return to a burning tent?

2. When was the freak show shut down?

3. How old is Eddie in Chapter Two?

4. According to the Blue Man, what is Heaven for?

5. What does Eddie do, just because he can, in Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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