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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Eddie play with the erector set he received for his eighth birthday?
(a) He misbehaved.
(b) He has to attend a funeral.
(c) It breaks before he can use it.
(d) His father takes it away.

2. What happens to the Freddie Fall car?
(a) The car is tilted and passengers are in danger.
(b) Its safety harness does not work, causing passengers to be in danger.
(c) It gets stuck in the air and cannot come down.
(d) It will not move to make the ride operate.

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

4. What is the author doing in Chapter Three?
(a) Showing readers Eddie's weaknesses.
(b) Weaving together past with present.
(c) Showing readers Eddie's future.
(d) Weaving together present with future.

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."?
(a) The Blue Man.
(b) The funeral director.
(c) Eddie.
(d) The priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose philosophy reads, "When your time came, it came, and that was that"?

2. What is the significance of the day in Chapter One for Eddie?

3. How does Eddie celebrate his birthday in Chapter Two?

4. Where does Eddie wake up in Chapter Three?

5. What causes the Blue Man's death?

(see the answer key)

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