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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 lesson in Chapter Eleven?
(a) It's better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.
(b) Lost love is still love; it just takes a different form.
(c) Forgiveness comes easily with love.
(d) Life is short and there is no time for regret.

2. Whose key is the cause of the Freddy Fall cable being shredded?
(a) Tala's father.
(b) Ruby's great-grandson.
(c) The assistant maintenance worker.
(d) Amy or Annie's brother.

3. For what are Eddie's co-worker and estate attorney looking?
(a) The deed to Eddie's apartment.
(b) Cash.
(c) Bank statement or other valuables.
(d) The keys to Ruby Pier.

4. What does Eddie hear at the opening of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Singing.
(b) Silence.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Angels singing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Ruby compare anger?

2. From what does Marguerite eventually die?

3. In Chapter Eleven, where is the story set?

4. What does Mickey Shea do to anger Eddie's father?

5. How old was Eddie's father when he died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the fifth person Eddie meets in Heaven reveal Eddie's character?

5. Eddie washes Tala with a stone. What is the significance of this action?

6. Describe Eddie's relationship with Joe.

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

8. How is Chapter Twelve used as the denouement?

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

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

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