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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eddie's leg become crippled?
(a) From the war.
(b) From a car accident.
(c) Getting it caught in a ride.
(d) From an accident at the Pier.

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

3. Who says, "Hello, Edward. I have been waiting for you."?
(a) Eddie's father.
(b) The man whose skin is blue.
(c) One of the conjoined twins.
(d) Marguerite.

4. What does Eddie feel after he has died?
(a) Pain.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Love.
(d) Calm and no pain.

5. 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 construction worker.
(d) To attend school to become a teacher.

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

7. What literary device does the author repetitively use to reveal clues about Eddie's life?
(a) Simile.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

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

9. Where does Eddie wake up in Chapter Three?
(a) In the teacup ride on Ruby Pier.
(b) In the Philippines.
(c) In his bed.
(d) In heaven.

10. What is the significance of the day in Chapter One for Eddie?
(a) It is his birthday.
(b) It is his co-worker's wife's birthday.
(c) It is the opening day of the season at Ruby Pier.
(d) It is Christmas day.

11. What does Eddie wonder about in Chapter Seven?
(a) Whether Rabozzo went to Heaven.
(b) Whether the Captain felt any pain before he died.
(c) Whether he saves the girl at Ruby Pier.
(d) Whether he will ever return to Ruby Pier.

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

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

14. What is happening at the Ruby Pier of the present in Chapter Five?
(a) A sideshow has come to visit.
(b) The rides have all ceased working.
(c) People await the ambulance.
(d) Business, as usual.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Eddie run for refuge from Uncle Mickey?

2. What happens to the Freddie Fall car?

3. Where does the reader first meet Eddie?

4. What does Eddie learn from the Blue Man?

5. What does the author use as symbolism in Chapter Two?

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