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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. What color is the sea that Eddie sees?

2. What does Eddie learn about his voice in Heaven?

3. Why can't Eddie play with the erector set he received for his eighth birthday?

4. Where does the reader learn that Eddie and three other soldiers are being held?

5. Who prevents a fatal accident at the Freddie Fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the meaning of the Captain's quote, "When you sacrifice something that is precious, you don't actually lose it. "

2. How does Albom reveal the relationship between Joe and Eddie in Chapter Four?

3. What happens at Freddy Free Fall to cause Eddie to reevaluate the safety of this ride?

4. How does Eddie's time spent on the Pier save him during the war?

5. What happens in the plot when Eddie asks the Blue Man if he saves the little girl at the Pier?

6. Eddie tries to return to the burning tent to save a child. What does this action reveal about Eddie's character?

7. Before Eddie speaks to the little girl at the park, about what/whom was he daydreaming?

8. The readers learn that today is Eddie's birthday. What is his mood as the little girl approaches him in Chapter One?

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

10. What does the reader learn about "Eddie Maintenance" in Chapter One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Blue Man tells Eddie, "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." (p. 48, ll. 1-3) Show how this quote is one of the main lessons throughout the novel. Be sure to cite at least three specific examples and connect them back to the quote.

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

The estate attorney at the end of the novel comments on what a "poor slob" Eddie is because he has no material possessions. How is Eddie actually rich, without consideration of material possessions?

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