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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. From what does the Captain save his men?
(a) Friendly fire.
(b) Burning tents.
(c) A landmine.
(d) The coal mine.
2. What birthday does Eddie celebrate in Chapter Five?
(a) Eighteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Thirteenth.
(d) Twenty-first.
3. What happens to Eddie's leg?
(a) He falls from a tree.
(b) He gets caught in a landmine.
(c) The Captain shoots him to prevent Eddie from entering a burning tent.
(d) He is beaten by enemy soldiers.
4. What causes malfunction to the cable holding the Freddie Fall car in place?
(a) The cable has rusted after years of use and salt-water air.
(b) The young man's lost car key has shredded the cable.
(c) A teenager decides to hang on the cable as a dare.
(d) A penny has lodged in the cable, causing it to stick.
5. Where does Eddie wake up in Chapter Three?
(a) In heaven.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the Philippines.
(d) In the teacup ride on Ruby Pier.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the field where Chapter Seven opens?
2. Who says, "you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."?
3. What do Eddie and the other three soldiers have to do while imprisoned?
4. What does Eddie see when he dies?
5. What causes the Blue Man to become blue?
Short Essay Questions
1. The readers learn that today is Eddie's birthday. What is his mood as the little girl approaches him in Chapter One?
2. What happens at Freddy Free Fall to cause Eddie to reevaluate the safety of this ride?
3. What happens when Eddie realizes the danger is not over at the Freddy Free Fall?
4. What does the reader learn about "Eddie Maintenance" in Chapter One?
5. Discuss the significance of Albom's use of color in Chapter Two?
6. When the action returns to Ruby Pier, the reader finds the park closed. How does Eddie's death impact the Pier?
7. Discuss the significance of the title of Chapter Three, "The Arrival".
8. Why is it significant that Eddie's body feels like that of a child when he first meets the Blue Man?
9. Why is Eddie confused about the fact that he is still on Ruby Pier?
10. Discuss the foreshadowing of Uncle Mickey's character with regard to his actions towards Eddie on his fifth birthday.
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