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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What talent does Eddie have that eventually helps him escape from prison during the war?
(a) He does magic tricks.
(b) He sings.
(c) He's a comedian.
(d) He juggles.

2. Who prevents a fatal accident at the Freddie Fall?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) A ride attendant.
(c) Eddie.
(d) The young man.

3. How does Eddie feel when he wakes up?
(a) Young, but skeptical.
(b) Wonderful, but alone.
(c) Happy and alive.
(d) Sad and alone.

4. As discovered in Chapter Six, for what is Eddie saving his money?
(a) To attend school to become a teacher.
(b) To attend school to become a construction worker.
(c) To attend school to become a mathematician.
(d) To attend school for engineering.

5. What does Eddie learn from the Blue Man?
(a) That life is short.
(b) That everyone is connected.
(c) That one should appreciate what one has.
(d) That Eddie has to pay for the role in his death.

6. Who says, "When you sacrifice something that is precious, he says, you don't actually lose it."?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) Eddie.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Rabozzo.

7. What promise did the Captain make?
(a) To return Rabozzo's body to his home.
(b) To come home from the war soon.
(c) To save many lives.
(d) To leave none of his men behind.

8. Who says, "dying is not the end, it is only the beginning."?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Rabozzo.
(d) The enemy soldier.

9. What is Eddie's last memory of being alive?
(a) The cart falling on the little girl.
(b) The war.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) Working at the Pier.

10. What color is the sea that Eddie sees?
(a) Yellow, and changing.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Crystal clear.

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

12. What do Eddie and the other two soldiers decide to do before escaping?
(a) Burn the barracks and blow up the mines.
(b) Take enemy soldiers captive.
(c) Steal from the enemy camps.
(d) Have a funeral for Rabozzo.

13. What causes the Blue Man to become blue?
(a) Eating too many blueberries.
(b) Drinking poisonous cleaning fluid.
(c) He wants to join the carnival, so he swallows pills.
(d) An overdose of silver nitrate.

14. What dance does Eddie recall before the time he was crippled?
(a) "You Are the Love of My Life."
(b) "Starry Eyed-Hop."
(c) "You Made Me Love You."
(d) "I Finally Found You."

15. What does Eddie decide to do for a profession when he is young?
(a) He becomes an engineer.
(b) He becomes a maintenance worker.
(c) He enlists in the army.
(d) He becomes a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Mickey give Eddie for his birthday?

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

3. Who says, "Hello, Edward. I have been waiting for you."?

4. What does the Captain receive from Eddie?

5. Why is Ruby Pier closed in Chapter Seven?

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