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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 does Uncle Mickey give Eddie for his birthday?
2. To whom does Eddie run for refuge from Uncle Mickey?
3. What does Eddie discover he CANNOT do when he wakes up?
4. In Chapter Three, where does Eddie stop at the Pier?
5. Who says, "the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect....death doesn't take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed."?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Albom reveal the relationship between Joe and Eddie in Chapter Four?
2. Discuss the foreshadowing of Uncle Mickey's character with regard to his actions towards Eddie on his fifth birthday.
3. Why is it significant that Eddie's body feels like that of a child when he first meets the Blue Man?
4. In Chapter Six, what do the readers learn of Eddie's expectations of himself and from his life? Are these expectations met?
5. Eddie no longer feels any pain. Why might his loss of pain be significant to being in Heaven?
6. What happens at Freddy Free Fall to cause Eddie to reevaluate the safety of this ride?
7. Discuss the significance of the title of Chapter Two, "The Journey."
8. What does the reader learn about "Eddie Maintenance" in Chapter One?
9. What does Eddie feel from the Blue Man when the Blue Man hugs Eddie?
10. When the action returns to Ruby Pier, the reader finds the park closed. How does Eddie's death impact the Pier?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Captain tells Eddie, "When you sacrifice something that is precious, you don't actually lose it. " (Chapter 7) How is the Captain's statement relevant to Eddie's entire life, not just to his leg injury? Be sure to cite at least three examples.
Essay Topic 2
Albom includes the time Eddie serves in the war as an important part of Eddie's life. How is Eddie's emotional state similar to the physical destruction caused by war? How does Eddie finally make peace with himself throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
The reader first meets Eddie as an eighty-three year old man who performs maintenance at Ruby Pier. As the story unfolds, the reader learns of Eddie's younger years, and the action takes the reader back to the moment of his death when Eddie finally comes "home" to Heaven. Discuss how the novel comes full circle, being sure to reference several main points from Eddie's life.
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