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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does the Captain save his men?

2. What is the last thing Eddie remembers physically feeling before he dies?

3. What does the Captain receive from Eddie?

4. What does Uncle Mickey do to Eddie during his birthday?

5. What is different about Eddie when he wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first images the reader gets of Ruby Pier?

2. The Blue Man tells Eddie, "there are no random acts...we are all connected..." Explain this quote as it relates to the Blue Man and Eddie.

3. What does Eddie feel from the Blue Man when the Blue Man hugs Eddie?

4. Discuss the significance of the title of Chapter Three, "The Arrival".

5. How does the author traverse time and introduce the reader to different points in Eddie's life?

6. Why is it significant that Eddie's body feels like that of a child when he first meets the Blue Man?

7. Eddie no longer feels any pain. Why might his loss of pain be significant to being in Heaven?

8. What is the significance, or lack of significance, of time in Heaven?

9. What does Eddie learn about his leg injury in Chapter Six, and who shares with Eddie this revelation?

10. The Captain tells Eddie that dying is only the beginning. What could the Captain mean by this statement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie by using many effective literary devices. How does his use of flashback, foreshadowing, and suspense propel the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Eddie learns that his life has helped to save the lives of many others. How might the five people Eddie meets in Heaven be impacted if Eddie had NOT been involved in their lives? Discuss how the Blue Man, Tala, Amy or Annie, Marguerite, and Ruby might have entirely different lives if it were not for Eddie.

Essay Topic 3

Marguerite tells Eddie "Life might end, but love does not." At the point in the novel that Marguerite shares this insight with Eddie, he is learning that he has made many connections with various people on earth. How might Eddie now understand that Marguerite's advice is relevant to the relationships he has had with other family members, as well as with her? How might her advice be connected to Eddie's job and relationships with the children he keeps safe?

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