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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 Joe do for a living?
(a) Maintenance man.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Stock broker.
(d) Car dealer.

2. How does Eddie spend his sixtieth birthday?
(a) He visits the place he and Marguerite first met.
(b) He rides the rides on the Pier.
(c) He goes to work and fishes.
(d) He sleeps all day.

3. Eddie and Marguerite save money for what big event?
(a) New car.
(b) Wedding anniversary party.
(c) Adoption of a child.
(d) A new apartment.

4. Who says, "Life has to end; love doesn't."?
(a) Eddie's attorney.
(b) Marguerite.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Eddie's boss.

5. What is the final lesson taught in The Five People You Meet in Heaven?
(a) Each person affects the other and that other person affects the next person, and so on.
(b) Love heals all things.
(c) Kindness prevails over all other actions.
(d) Each action causes a reaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Eddie sad when he was living?

2. Who finally leads Eddie to Heaven?

3. What happens between Eddie and his father?

4. What does Eddie feel that ultimately brings him peace?

5. How does Eddie's father help Eddie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How will Amy or Annie's visit to Heaven be connected to Eddie?

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

5. Is the estate attorney's view of Eddie accurate? Why or why not?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Tala teach Eddie?

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