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

2. Who pays for Eddie's funeral?
(a) The little girl's mother.
(b) The park owner, with Eddie's paycheck.
(c) Eddie's estate.
(d) The park owner, from his own pocket.

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

4. How many lessons have been learned thus far?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. How much money does Eddie have in the bank?
(a) Only the amount of his last paycheck.
(b) Nothing to speak of.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Eddie to wish him a happy sixty-eighth birthday?

2. Who is the fourth person Eddie meets in Heaven?

3. What is the lesson in Chapter Eleven?

4. Eddie and Marguerite save money for what big event?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eddie's father die?

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

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

4. What does Tala teach Eddie?

5. Explain Ruby's lesson to Eddie.

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

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

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

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

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

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