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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 calls Eddie to wish him a happy sixty-eighth birthday?
(a) His boss.
(b) Joe.
(c) His buddy from the war.
(d) Ruby's husband.

2. What color does Eddie see in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Gold.
(d) Black.

3. Chapter Fourteen serves as what part of the plot?
(a) The falling action.
(b) The climax.
(c) The introduction.
(d) The denouement, or resolution.

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

5. What is Eddie's first birthday after Marguerite's death?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Fifty-one.
(c) Sixty-two.
(d) Forty-seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie tell his father at the diner?

2. What happens between Eddie and his father?

3. About what in his own life is the estate attorney pleased?

4. What does Eddie hear at the opening of Chapter Twelve?

5. Who pays for Eddie's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At this point, Albom has shown the reader a span of seventy-five years in only ten, short chapters. How is Albom's storytelling effective?

6. Who is the child Eddie meets in Heaven, and why is she significant?

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

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

9. What does Marguerite teach Eddie in Heaven?

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

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