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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 result of Marguerite's hospitalization?
(a) Estranged marriage between Eddie and Marguerite.
(b) They lost the chance to adopt the baby.
(c) Permanent injury.
(d) More bills for Eddie.

2. Who will be one of Annie or Amy's people she meets in Heaven?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Tala.
(c) Her spouse.
(d) Her mom.

3. What does Eddie learn about the last day he was alive?
(a) That the little girl was killed by the cart and will meet him in Heaven.
(b) That he saves the little girl from the falling cart.
(c) That many people cried when he died.
(d) That the park had to close without him.

4. What does Eddie tell his father at the diner?
(a) That he loves him.
(b) That he is letting go of his anger.
(c) That he is angry with him.
(d) That he was foolish for trying to save Mickey.

5. How old is Marguerite when she dies?
(a) Forty-seven.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Sixty-two.
(d) Thirty-nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "weddings are for possibilities."?

2. What is the one word Eddie hears from God?

3. What was Eddie's promotion?

4. Who is the last person Eddie meets in Heaven?

5. What happens between Eddie and his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Clearly, Chapter thirteen is used as the falling action for the reader. How is Tala's lesson a resolution for Eddie, as well?

2. How is Eddie's and Marguerite's relationship impacted by the fallout from the track and Marguerite's accident?

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

4. Why does Ruby know all of the details of Eddie's father?

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

6. Eddie's father saves Mickey Shea. Considering Mickey's actions, what does this rescue say about Eddie's father?

7. What does the reader learn about Eddie through the short snippets describing his various birthdays?

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

9. How does Albom use Eddie's birthdays to pass time in Chapter Twelve?

10. Why is a reception hall an appropriate place for Eddie to meet Marguerite in Heaven?

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