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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the story end?
(a) In Heaven.
(b) In the past, at the Pier.
(c) In the future, at the Pier.
(d) In the present, at the Pier.

2. In Chapter Eleven, where is the story set?
(a) The boardwalk.
(b) The Pier and Eddie's car.
(c) The Pier and Eddie's apartment.
(d) The ocean.

3. Who says, "weddings are for possibilities."?
(a) Noel.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Ruby.

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

5. What color does Eddie see in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Gold.

6. How does Eddie spend his sixtieth birthday?
(a) He rides the rides on the Pier.
(b) He goes to work and fishes.
(c) He visits the place he and Marguerite first met.
(d) He sleeps all day.

7. What is the one word Eddie hears from God?
(a) Peace.
(b) Welcome.
(c) Free.
(d) Home.

8. What does Eddie hear at the opening of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Singing.
(b) Angels singing.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Silence.

9. What was Eddie's promotion?
(a) Ticket taker.
(b) Head of maintenance.
(c) Cashier.
(d) Manager.

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

11. With whom does Eddie's father die?
(a) Joe.
(b) No one.
(c) His wife.
(d) Eddie.

12. Who will be one of Annie or Amy's people she meets in Heaven?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Her spouse.
(c) Her mom.
(d) Tala.

13. How does Eddie come across big money?
(a) Wins at the racetrack.
(b) Joe lends him the money.
(c) He finds it beneath a ride.
(d) Gets a raise at work.

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

15. How does the book end?
(a) Tala's cleansing is the resolution.
(b) The resolution is left for the reader to decide.
(c) Marguerite welcomes Eddie home.
(d) The story comes full circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie tell Marguerite?

2. Of what does Marguerite assure Eddie in Chapter Eleven?

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

4. What does the reader learn about Eddie's character in Chapter Eight?

5. What does Eddie feel that ultimately brings him peace?

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