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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. Who says, "Is where you were supposed to be, Eddie Main-ten-ance"?

2. What literary device is used when discussing the accident that occurs at another park?

3. Who is Eddie's father's hospital roommate?

4. How does Eddie feel when he returns home from the war?

5. Why was Eddie sad when he was living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the fifth person Eddie meets in Heaven reveal Eddie's character?

3. How is Chapter Twelve used as the denouement?

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

5. What symbols does the author use in Chapter Twelve?

6. Eddie washes Tala with a stone. What is the significance of this action?

7. How does Eddie's father die?

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

9. How does the reader know that Eddie's memory will be kept alive at the Pier?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tala is the fifth and most important person Eddie meets in Heaven. What does she teach Eddie? Why is Tala so important in Eddie's life? Why does Albom introduce her as Eddie's last person, rather than using Marguerite, Eddie's great love?

Essay Topic 2

Albom introduces the reader to a little girl in Chapter One named Amy or Annie. Why is her name unspecified? Aside from the fact that Eddie tries to save her, what is her role in Eddie's life? What is Eddie's role in her life? How will the story continue to spin, even after the end of the novel, as outlined by the author?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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