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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. What happens to the little girl that Eddie talks with on the platform of Freddie Fall?
(a) She loses her mommy.
(b) She falls off the ride.
(c) She is kidnapped.
(d) She is in an accident with the Freddie Fall cart.

2. Why is Ruby Pier closed in Chapter Seven?
(a) The rides have been condemned.
(b) The little girl's mom has brought a lawsuit against the park.
(c) Eddie's peers feel his loss.
(d) No one comes to visit after the accident.

3. What happens between Eddie and his brother in Chapter Five?
(a) They part ways forever.
(b) They get into a fight.
(c) They get into an accident.
(d) They decide to never speak again.

4. What world event is happening in Chapter Five?
(a) A new President is being elected.
(b) The Stock Market Crash.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) War in Europe.

5. What is the significance of the field in the opening of Chapter Seven?
(a) Eddie gets rescued here.
(b) Rabozzo dies here.
(c) It is the Captain's burial ground.
(d) The burnt tents used to rest here.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eddie feel about the safety of Ruby Pier?

2. What happens to Eddie at the end of Chapter One?

3. What lesson does Eddie learn in Chapter Seven?

4. What happens to the Freddie Fall car?

5. Whom does Eddie see in front of the freak show?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the plot when Eddie asks the Blue Man if he saves the little girl at the Pier?

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

3. What does the reader learn about "Eddie Maintenance" in Chapter One?

4. In Chapter Six, what do the readers learn of Eddie's expectations of himself and from his life? Are these expectations met?

5. How does Eddie's time spent on the Pier save him during the war?

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

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

8. Discuss Eddie's encounter with the first character he meets in Heaven, the Blue Man.

9. Discuss the meaning of the Captain's quote, "When you sacrifice something that is precious, you don't actually lose it. "

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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