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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who says, "dying is not the end, it is only the beginning."?
(a) Rabozzo.
(b) The Captain.
(c) The enemy soldier.
(d) Eddie.
2. What happens to Eddie's leg?
(a) He falls from a tree.
(b) The Captain shoots him to prevent Eddie from entering a burning tent.
(c) He is beaten by enemy soldiers.
(d) He gets caught in a landmine.
3. What does the young man at the Pier lose, causing havoc later?
(a) A medal from the war.
(b) A vintage coin.
(c) His car key.
(d) His wallet.
4. What causes malfunction to the cable holding the Freddie Fall car in place?
(a) A teenager decides to hang on the cable as a dare.
(b) The young man's lost car key has shredded the cable.
(c) The cable has rusted after years of use and salt-water air.
(d) A penny has lodged in the cable, causing it to stick.
5. When was the freak show shut down?
(a) Fifty years ago.
(b) Twenty-five years ago.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Eighty years ago.
6. What dance does Eddie recall before the time he was crippled?
(a) "You Made Me Love You."
(b) "Starry Eyed-Hop."
(c) "You Are the Love of My Life."
(d) "I Finally Found You."
7. Where does Eddie meet the love of his life?
(a) At Ruby Pier.
(b) At a church dance.
(c) At an eating establishment.
(d) Overseas when he was a soldier.
8. What happens to Eddie at the end of Chapter One?
(a) He quits his job at the Pier.
(b) He becomes crippled from an accident at the Pier.
(c) He celebrates his birthday.
(d) He dies in an accident at the Pier.
9. What does Eddie see when he dies?
(a) God.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) Different colors and changing landscape.
10. 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 the opening day of the season at Ruby Pier.
(c) It is Christmas day.
(d) It is his birthday.
11. The reader learns that Mitch Albom is clearly trying to share what with the reader?
(a) That The Five People You Meet in Heaven teaches lessons.
(b) That he embraces dying.
(c) That Heaven is a mystical place.
(d) That he is afraid of dying.
12. What causes the Blue Man to become blue?
(a) Eating too many blueberries.
(b) Drinking poisonous cleaning fluid.
(c) An overdose of silver nitrate.
(d) He wants to join the carnival, so he swallows pills.
13. Who restores peace to Eddie's household in Chapter Five?
(a) Joe
(b) Eddie's mother.
(c) Eddie
(d) Eddie's father.
14. What purpose does Amy or Annie serve in the story thus far?
(a) To foreshadow events.
(b) To shock the reader.
(c) To give purpose to the setting.
(d) To build suspense.
15. What color is the sea that Eddie sees?
(a) Green.
(b) Crystal clear.
(c) Yellow, and changing.
(d) Blue.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Eddie decide to do for a profession when he is young?
2. Who says, "When you sacrifice something that is precious, he says, you don't actually lose it."?
3. In Chapter Three, where does Eddie stop at the Pier?
4. Who says, "Hello, Edward. I have been waiting for you."?
5. Where does Eddie wake up in Chapter Three?
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