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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the young man at the Pier lose, causing havoc later?
(a) A vintage coin.
(b) His car key.
(c) A medal from the war.
(d) His wallet.

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

4. What is the significance of the field in the opening of Chapter Seven?
(a) The burnt tents used to rest here.
(b) Rabozzo dies here.
(c) Eddie gets rescued here.
(d) It is the Captain's burial ground.

5. Where does Eddie meet the love of his life?
(a) Overseas when he was a soldier.
(b) At a church dance.
(c) At an eating establishment.
(d) At Ruby Pier.

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

7. What happens to Eddie's leg?
(a) He gets caught in a landmine.
(b) The Captain shoots him to prevent Eddie from entering a burning tent.
(c) He is beaten by enemy soldiers.
(d) He falls from a tree.

8. Who is the first person Eddie meets in Heaven?
(a) Dominiguez, his assistant from Ruby Pier.
(b) His brother.
(c) The Blue Man.
(d) His dad.

9. 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.

10. Who says, "you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."?
(a) The Blue Man.
(b) Uncle Mickey.
(c) Eddie's father.
(d) Eddie.

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

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

13. What is Eddie's last memory of being alive?
(a) Working at the Pier.
(b) The cart falling on the little girl.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) The war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose does Amy or Annie serve in the story thus far?

2. What does the Captain receive from Eddie?

3. What is the last thing Eddie remembers physically feeling before he dies?

4. What color does Eddie see when he first dies?

5. What color is the sea that Eddie sees?

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