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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Eddie when he wakes up?
(a) He is young again.
(b) He floats.
(c) He can walk without his cane.
(d) He looks different.

2. 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) Eddie.
(b) The priest.
(c) The Blue Man.
(d) The funeral director.

3. What happens to Rabozzo when he becomes ill?
(a) He is murdered by enemy soldiers.
(b) He is left behind by the others.
(c) He dies of dysentery.
(d) He dies of hunger.

4. What does Eddie do for a living?
(a) He is a carnival clown.
(b) He is a handyman.
(c) He is in the military.
(d) Performs maintenance at an amusement park.

5. On what does Eddie reflect during his last birthday?
(a) His job.
(b) His life.
(c) The times he spent with Marguerite.
(d) The war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie hear once he dies?

2. In Chapter Three, where does Eddie stop at the Pier?

3. To what does Ruby compare anger?

4. Who says, "War is not a game. If there's a shot to be made, you make it, you hear? No guilt. No hesitation...."?

5. In death, what step is Ruby Pier for the Blue Man?

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