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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the little girl that Eddie talks with on the platform of Freddie Fall?
(a) She is kidnapped.
(b) She falls off the ride.
(c) She is in an accident with the Freddie Fall cart.
(d) She loses her mommy.

3. Why is Ruby Pier closed in Chapter Seven?
(a) The rides have been condemned.
(b) Eddie's peers feel his loss.
(c) The little girl's mom has brought a lawsuit against the park.
(d) No one comes to visit after the accident.

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

5. What purpose does Amy or Annie serve in the story thus far?
(a) To shock the reader.
(b) To foreshadow events.
(c) To give purpose to the setting.
(d) To build suspense.

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

7. What does Uncle Mickey do to Eddie during his birthday?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Bumps Eddie's head several times.
(c) Gets into a fight with him.
(d) Slaps Eddie's shoulders in congratulations.

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

9. Where do Eddie and Marguerite have their first date?
(a) At a dance at the Pier.
(b) At a concert.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) At the movies.

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

11. Who is the second person Eddie meets in Heaven?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) The girl whom Eddie tries to save at the Pier.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Joe

12. 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.

13. Who restores peace to Eddie's household in Chapter Five?
(a) Eddie's father.
(b) Eddie
(c) Eddie's mother.
(d) Joe

14. What does Eddie do, just because he can, in Chapter Three?
(a) Yells in elation.
(b) Runs around the park.
(c) Rides the rides.
(d) Breathes in the moment.

15. The reader learns that Mitch Albom is clearly trying to share what with the reader?
(a) That he embraces dying.
(b) That he is afraid of dying.
(c) That The Five People You Meet in Heaven teaches lessons.
(d) That Heaven is a mystical place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie discover he CANNOT do when he wakes up?

2. Who usually starts the workday at Ruby Pier?

3. What causes the Blue Man to become blue?

4. What does Eddie remember thinking, right after he dies?

5. 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."?

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