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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie tell Marguerite?
(a) He forgives her.
(b) He loves her and he is sorry.
(c) He wished he could save her.
(d) He wishes he had been a better husband.

2. Who says, "You have peace when you make it with yourself."?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) Eddie's wife.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Eddie's mother.

3. Of what does Marguerite assure Eddie in Chapter Eleven?
(a) That Heaven is a good place to be.
(b) That she always forgave him.
(c) That she felt no pain when she died.
(d) His love has remained with her, and hers, with him.

4. What is the final lesson taught in The Five People You Meet in Heaven?
(a) Love heals all things.
(b) Each person affects the other and that other person affects the next person, and so on.
(c) Each action causes a reaction.
(d) Kindness prevails over all other actions.

5. How many lessons have been learned thus far?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

6. Who takes over Eddie's job?
(a) The tall man from the carnival.
(b) Joe.
(c) Uncle Mickey.
(d) Eddie's assistant.

7. Who says, "Life has to end; love doesn't."?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) Eddie's attorney.
(c) Eddie's boss.
(d) Eddie.

8. What does Eddie tell his father at the diner?
(a) That he was foolish for trying to save Mickey.
(b) That he is angry with him.
(c) That he loves him.
(d) That he is letting go of his anger.

9. How does Eddie feel about his life without Marguerite?
(a) Regretful.
(b) Free.
(c) Abandoned.
(d) Unhappy and unfulfilled.

10. What do Eddie and Marguerite discuss in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Eddie's father.
(b) The pain of missing one another for so many years.
(c) The baby they could never have.
(d) The war.

11. Whose key is the cause of the Freddy Fall cable being shredded?
(a) Tala's father.
(b) Amy or Annie's brother.
(c) The assistant maintenance worker.
(d) Ruby's great-grandson.

12. For whom does Eddie's father cry when he is hospitalized?
(a) Mickey Shea
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife, Joe, and Eddie.
(d) God.

13. How does Eddie spend his first birthday after Marguerite's death?
(a) He does not celebrate any more.
(b) He works.
(c) He lights a candle for her on his cake.
(d) He visits Marguerite's grave.

14. What is Eddie's first birthday after Marguerite's death?
(a) Forty-seven.
(b) Fifty-one.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Sixty-two.

15. To what does Ruby compare anger?
(a) A curved blade.
(b) A magnet.
(c) Sinfulness.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Eddie reflect during his last birthday?

2. How does the book end?

3. In Chapter Eleven, where is the story set?

4. What happens to Eddie's belongings?

5. Who is Eddie's father's hospital roommate?

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