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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 does Uncle Mickey do to Eddie during his birthday?
(a) Gets into a fight with him.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Slaps Eddie's shoulders in congratulations.
(d) Bumps Eddie's head several times.

2. In death, what step is Ruby Pier for the Blue Man?
(a) The final step.
(b) The first step.
(c) The third step.
(d) The second step.

3. What is different about Ruby Pier when Eddie wakes up?
(a) It is the Ruby Pier of the past.
(b) It is Ruby Pier of Eddie's childhood.
(c) It is the new Ruby Pier.
(d) It is the Ruby Pier of the present.

4. Why does Eddie feel like his body is that of a child in Chapter Four?
(a) His childhood was the happiest time of his life.
(b) Because he has gotten younger.
(c) He was a child when he knew the Blue Man.
(d) Because he tried to save a child during his life on earth.

5. Who usually starts the workday at Ruby Pier?
(a) The owner.
(b) All of the maintenance workers.
(c) The ride operators.
(d) Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the field in the opening of Chapter Seven?

2. In Chapter Three, where does Eddie stop at the Pier?

3. Who is the first person Eddie meets in Heaven?

4. Who says, "the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect....death doesn't take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed."?

5. What does Eddie make for the little girl at the Pier in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the symbolism of the water in Chapter Two?

4. What happens at Freddy Free Fall to cause Eddie to reevaluate the safety of this ride?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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