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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens between Eddie and his father?
(a) They ignore each other.
(b) They argue and never speak again.
(c) The mend their differences.
(d) They discuss their bad relationship.

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

3. How does Eddie's father help Eddie?
(a) He gives Eddie money.
(b) He gives Eddie the apartment.
(c) He makes Eddie get a job.
(d) He forgives Eddie.

4. In Chapter Twelve, who beckons Eddie to come nearer?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) God.
(c) His father.
(d) A small girl.

5. Who is the third person Eddie meets in Heaven?
(a) His father.
(b) The little girl from the tent.
(c) An old woman.
(d) Rabozzo.

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

7. What does Mickey Shea do to anger Eddie's father?
(a) Tries to assault Eddie's mother.
(b) Hits Eddie.
(c) Steals money from Eddie's father.
(d) Causes Eddie's father to lose his job.

8. What does Eddie realize about his life as a maintenance worker, after speaking with Tala?
(a) That keeping the Pier clean was worthwhile.
(b) That many people looked up to him.
(c) That he saved many children by keeping them safe on the rides.
(d) That it was mundane.

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

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

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

12. What does the author show the reader through all of Eddie's five people?
(a) That Heaven is different for everyone.
(b) That we are all tied together.
(c) That kindness does not get overlooked.
(d) That strangers are important.

13. Where does Eddie meet the fourth person in Heaven?
(a) At the Pier.
(b) At a diner.
(c) On the boardwalk.
(d) At a wedding reception.

14. How does Eddie feel when he returns home from the war?
(a) Useless and used.
(b) Angry and hurt.
(c) Sad and resentful.
(d) Depressed and helpless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eddie feel about his father?

2. How many years of Eddie's life does the author reveal through this storyline?

3. For whom does Eddie's father cry when he is hospitalized?

4. What does Joe do for a living?

5. Who tries to save Mickey Shea from drowning?

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