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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Eddie at the end of Chapter One?
(a) He quits his job at the Pier.
(b) He becomes crippled from an accident at the Pier.
(c) He celebrates his birthday.
(d) He dies in an accident at the Pier.

2. Whom does Eddie see in front of the freak show?
(a) A giant man.
(b) Conjoined twins.
(c) A man whose skin is blue.
(d) The woman with a beard.

3. What does the young man at the Pier lose, causing havoc later?
(a) His car key.
(b) A medal from the war.
(c) A vintage coin.
(d) His wallet.

4. What causes malfunction to the cable holding the Freddie Fall car in place?
(a) A penny has lodged in the cable, causing it to stick.
(b) A teenager decides to hang on the cable as a dare.
(c) The young man's lost car key has shredded the cable.
(d) The cable has rusted after years of use and salt-water air.

5. When is Chapter Three set?
(a) In Eddie's past.
(b) During the present.
(c) Before Eddie was born.
(d) In the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the little girl that Eddie talks with on the platform of Freddie Fall?

2. What does the author use as symbolism in Chapter Two?

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

4. What is Eddie's last memory of being alive?

5. How does Eddie feel when he wakes up?

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