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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later, where does Amy or Annie meet an old man?
(a) On the boardwalk of the Pier.
(b) In the Stardust Band Shell, at the Pier
(c) At the bench where Eddie made her pipe cleaner animals.
(d) At the Freddy Fall, at the Pier.

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

3. Who tries to save Mickey Shea from drowning?
(a) A carnival worker.
(b) Eddie's father.
(c) Eddie.
(d) An ocean lifeguard.

4. What does Eddie do on his seventy-fifth birthday?
(a) Goes to the racetrack.
(b) Goes fishing.
(c) Works at the park.
(d) Takes a drive.

5. What literary device is used when discussing the accident that occurs at another park?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

6. What does Eddie say to Marguerite about the war?
(a) "I lost myself."
(b) "It was unbearable."
(c) "Too much bloodshed caused too much pain."
(d) "I killed ten men."

7. What does Eddie feel that ultimately brings him peace?
(a) Being washed and cleansed from his hurts.
(b) Flying through the clouds, freely.
(c) He rides the Freddie Fall ride without fear of its disrepair.
(d) Being under water, as if being reborn.

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

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

10. How does Eddie spend his last birthday?
(a) He visits his family's and Marguerite's graves.
(b) He works.
(c) He goes to church.
(d) He walks the boardwalk.

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

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

13. How old was Eddie's father when he died?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) Forty-seven.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Fifty-six.

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

15. Why is Eddie envious of Joe?
(a) Eddie's father loves Joe more than Eddie.
(b) Joe has a new car.
(c) Joe gets to come home clean.
(d) Joe has a beautiful wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what are Eddie's co-worker and estate attorney looking?

2. Who pays for Eddie's funeral?

3. What does Eddie see?

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

5. Who mentally hurts Eddie in Chapter Eight?

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