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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 is the last thing Eddie remembers physically feeling before he dies?
(a) Pain.
(b) The little girl's hands in his own.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Fear.

2. What causes the Blue Man's death?
(a) Bad medicine.
(b) An accident at the freak show.
(c) Eddie's baseball.
(d) He fell from a ride.

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

4. To whom does Eddie run for refuge from Uncle Mickey?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. When was the freak show shut down?
(a) Eighty years ago.
(b) Twenty-five years ago.
(c) Five years ago.
(d) Fifty years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Chapter Three set?

2. What is the significance of the day in Chapter One for Eddie?

3. What does Eddie do for a living?

4. What purpose does Amy or Annie serve in the story thus far?

5. What birthday does Eddie celebrate in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author traverse time and introduce the reader to different points in Eddie's life?

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

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

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

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

6. How is Eddie feeling, now that he has awakened in Heaven?

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

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

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

10. The readers learn that today is Eddie's birthday. What is his mood as the little girl approaches him in Chapter One?

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