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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Whose philosophy reads, "When your time came, it came, and that was that"?
(a) A child's.
(b) Eddie's.
(c) Marguerite's.
(d) Eddie's father.

4. How does the author portray Uncle Mickey in Chapter Two?
(a) As insensitive to a child.
(b) As malicious.
(c) As oblivious.
(d) As kind.

5. From what does the Captain save his men?
(a) Burning tents.
(b) Friendly fire.
(c) A landmine.
(d) The coal mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new ride at Ruby Pier?

2. What happens between Eddie and his brother in Chapter Five?

3. What does Eddie wonder about in Chapter Seven?

4. What happens to the little girl that Eddie talks with on the platform of Freddie Fall?

5. Where does the reader first meet Eddie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the foreshadowing of Uncle Mickey's character with regard to his actions towards Eddie on his fifth birthday.

2. Why is Eddie confused about the fact that he is still on Ruby Pier?

3. Discuss the significance of the title of Chapter Three, "The Arrival".

4. Discuss the significance of Albom's use of color in Chapter Two?

5. What does Eddie feel from the Blue Man when the Blue Man hugs Eddie?

6. What are the first images the reader gets of Ruby Pier?

7. Eddie no longer feels any pain. Why might his loss of pain be significant to being in Heaven?

8. Why is it significant that Eddie's body feels like that of a child when he first meets the Blue Man?

9. When the action returns to Ruby Pier, the reader finds the park closed. How does Eddie's death impact the Pier?

10. The Captain tells Eddie that dying is only the beginning. What could the Captain mean by this statement?

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