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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eddie feel about the safety of Ruby Pier?
(a) He feels happy that it is one of the last small amusement parks still open.
(b) He is concerned that it is old and the rides are worn.
(c) He is proud that it has a perfect safety record.
(d) He is worried that it will be closed due to safety hazards.

2. Whom does Eddie see in front of the freak show?
(a) A giant man.
(b) A man whose skin is blue.
(c) The woman with a beard.
(d) Conjoined twins.

3. Why can't Eddie play with the erector set he received for his eighth birthday?
(a) It breaks before he can use it.
(b) He misbehaved.
(c) His father takes it away.
(d) He has to attend a funeral.

4. When was the freak show shut down?
(a) Eighty years ago.
(b) Twenty-five years ago.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Fifty years ago.

5. Why does Eddie try to return to a burning tent?
(a) He wants to die.
(b) He thinks a child is inside.
(c) He wants to save his friend.
(d) He left his backpack inside.

6. When is Chapter Three set?
(a) In Eddie's past.
(b) During the present.
(c) Before Eddie was born.
(d) In the future.

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

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

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

10. What does Eddie hear once he dies?
(a) Music.
(b) Nothing; quiet.
(c) Angels.
(d) Laughter.

11. What is the last thing Eddie remembers physically feeling before he dies?
(a) The little girl's hands in his own.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Pain.
(d) Fear.

12. In the scene played out in Chapter Five, what does Joe do to make Eddie angry?
(a) He steals Eddie's girl.
(b) He lies to Eddie.
(c) He punches Eddie.
(d) He shares Eddie's news of marriage plans.

13. Who says, "War is not a game. If there's a shot to be made, you make it, you hear? No guilt. No hesitation...."?
(a) Mickey Shea.
(b) Eddie's brother.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Eddie's father.

14. How does the author portray Uncle Mickey in Chapter Two?
(a) As oblivious.
(b) As malicious.
(c) As insensitive to a child.
(d) As kind.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie do for a living?

2. Who says, "dying is not the end, it is only the beginning."?

3. What is Eddie's last memory of being alive?

4. What do Eddie and the other two soldiers decide to do before escaping?

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

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