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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Have a funeral for Rabozzo.
(d) Steal from the enemy camps.

3. What does Eddie learn about Heaven in Chapter Four?
(a) It is a dream.
(b) It has many steps.
(c) It is difficult to attain.
(d) It is subjective.

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

5. What is different about Ruby Pier when Eddie wakes up?
(a) It is the Ruby Pier of the present.
(b) It is the Ruby Pier of the past.
(c) It is Ruby Pier of Eddie's childhood.
(d) It is the new Ruby Pier.

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

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

8. What happens to the Freddie Fall car?
(a) Its safety harness does not work, causing passengers to be in danger.
(b) The car is tilted and passengers are in danger.
(c) It will not move to make the ride operate.
(d) It gets stuck in the air and cannot come down.

9. What do Eddie and the other three soldiers have to do while imprisoned?
(a) Work in a coal mine.
(b) Beat other inmates.
(c) Build new enemy huts.
(d) Share military secrets.

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

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

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

13. In Chapter Three, where does Eddie stop at the Pier?
(a) In front of the Ferris Wheel.
(b) In front of the freak show.
(c) In front of the Freddy Fall.
(d) In front of the popcorn machine.

14. What does Eddie make for the little girl at the Pier in Chapter 1?
(a) A rabbit made from balloons.
(b) A magic trick.
(c) An ice cream cone.
(d) A pipe cleaner rabbit.

15. What happens to Rabozzo when he becomes ill?
(a) He is left behind by the others.
(b) He dies of hunger.
(c) He is murdered by enemy soldiers.
(d) He dies of dysentery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "War is not a game. If there's a shot to be made, you make it, you hear? No guilt. No hesitation...."?

2. With whom does Eddie first share the news that he found the girl he wishes to marry?

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

4. According to the Blue Man, what is Heaven for?

5. What does Eddie first ask the first person he meets in Heaven?

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