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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. When is Chapter Three set?
(a) In Eddie's past.
(b) Before Eddie was born.
(c) In the future.
(d) During the present.

2. Who says, "Hello, Edward. I have been waiting for you."?
(a) Eddie's father.
(b) The man whose skin is blue.
(c) One of the conjoined twins.
(d) Marguerite.

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

4. What lesson does Eddie learn in Chapter Seven?
(a) That sacrifice is essential.
(b) That love is painful.
(c) That war causes permanent damage.
(d) That forgiveness is easy.

5. What does Eddie see when he dies?
(a) Different colors and changing landscape.
(b) Heaven.
(c) God.
(d) Marguerite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose philosophy reads, "When your time came, it came, and that was that"?

2. Why can't Eddie play with the erector set he received for his eighth birthday?

3. Where does Eddie wind up on his journey through death in Chapter Two?

4. From what does the Captain save his men?

5. What color does Eddie see when he first dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Eddie realizes the danger is not over at the Freddy Free Fall?

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

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

4. The Blue Man tells Eddie, "there are no random acts...we are all connected..." Explain this quote as it relates to the Blue Man and Eddie.

5. Eddie tries to return to the burning tent to save a child. What does this action reveal about Eddie's character?

6. What does Eddie learn about his leg injury in Chapter Six, and who shares with Eddie this revelation?

7. What is Eddie's role in the death of the Blue Man?

8. Discuss the significance of the title of Chapter Two, "The Journey."

9. How does Albom reveal the relationship between Joe and Eddie in Chapter Four?

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

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