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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 is Eddie's first birthday after Marguerite's death?

2. Of what does Marguerite assure Eddie in Chapter Eleven?

3. Who is the third person Eddie meets in Heaven?

4. Who says, "The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."?

5. How long after Eddie's death does the park reopen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Marguerite teach Eddie in Heaven?

3. Why is a reception hall an appropriate place for Eddie to meet Marguerite in Heaven?

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

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

6. Describe Eddie's relationship with Joe.

7. Explain Ruby's lesson to Eddie.

8. What was Eddie's relationship like with his father?

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

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 theme of childhood innocence clearly plays an essential role in this novel as related to the life of the protagonist. Identify several examples of how childhood innocence helps to teach Eddie about the importance of his own life.

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