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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. Who is Tala?
(a) The girl Eddie saves from Freddy Fall.
(b) His daughter.
(c) A child Eddie kept safe by doing his job at the Pier.
(d) The girl who dies in the tent in the Philippines.

2. Why was Eddie sad when he was living?
(a) He was scarred by the war.
(b) He missed his wife.
(c) He felt as though he accomplished nothing.
(d) He hated his father.

3. What does Eddie realize about his life as a maintenance worker, after speaking with Tala?
(a) That he saved many children by keeping them safe on the rides.
(b) That keeping the Pier clean was worthwhile.
(c) That many people looked up to him.
(d) That it was mundane.

4. What does Eddie feel that ultimately brings him peace?
(a) He rides the Freddie Fall ride without fear of its disrepair.
(b) Being washed and cleansed from his hurts.
(c) Flying through the clouds, freely.
(d) Being under water, as if being reborn.

5. How does Eddie feel about his life without Marguerite?
(a) Unhappy and unfulfilled.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Free.
(d) Regretful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the third person Eddie meets in Heaven?

2. How does Eddie's father help Eddie?

3. Who says, "The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."?

4. What does Eddie learn about the last day he was alive?

5. From what does Marguerite eventually die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbols does the author use in Chapter Twelve?

2. Why is the stranger Eddie meets in Chapter Eight so significant in his life?

3. Describe Eddie's relationship with Joe.

4. What was Eddie's relationship like with his father?

5. How does the estate attorney view Eddie's life?

6. How is the person whose key shredded the cable connected to the Pier?

7. For what was Eddie supposed to save his money, instead of gambling?

8. How do Eddie's actions on his thirty-ninth birthday contribute to Marguerite's accident?

9. How does the reader know that Eddie's memory will be kept alive at the Pier?

10. What does Marguerite teach Eddie in Heaven?

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