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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the scene played out in Chapter Five, what does Joe do to make Eddie angry?
(a) He lies to Eddie.
(b) He punches Eddie.
(c) He steals Eddie's girl.
(d) He shares Eddie's news of marriage plans.

2. With whom does Eddie first share the news that he found the girl he wishes to marry?
(a) His father.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His mother.
(d) Joe.

3. Who prevents a fatal accident at the Freddie Fall?
(a) A ride attendant.
(b) The young man.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Marguerite.

4. What happens to the field where Chapter Seven opens?
(a) It burns up.
(b) It disappears.
(c) It turns to a forest.
(d) It becomes lush, green, and unscarred.

5. How does Eddie celebrate his birthday in Chapter Two?
(a) With a party at home.
(b) With a nice dinner.
(c) With a pony ride.
(d) At a picnic at the Pier.

6. Why does Eddie try to return to a burning tent?
(a) He thinks a child is inside.
(b) He wants to die.
(c) He left his backpack inside.
(d) He wants to save his friend.

7. What does Eddie think the little girl's name is?
(a) Alice or Alexis.
(b) Tala.
(c) Amy or Annie.
(d) Olivia.

8. Where does the reader first meet Eddie?
(a) In his apartment.
(b) Ruby Pier.
(c) At a dance with Marguerite.
(d) In the hospital where he is first born.

9. What birthday does Eddie celebrate in Chapter Five?
(a) Twenty-first.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Eighteenth.
(d) Thirteenth.

10. What literary device does the author repetitively use to reveal clues about Eddie's life?
(a) Simile.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

11. What does Eddie wonder about in Chapter Seven?
(a) Whether he will ever return to Ruby Pier.
(b) Whether he saves the girl at Ruby Pier.
(c) Whether Rabozzo went to Heaven.
(d) Whether the Captain felt any pain before he died.

12. What is the significance of the field in the opening of Chapter Seven?
(a) It is the Captain's burial ground.
(b) Rabozzo dies here.
(c) Eddie gets rescued here.
(d) The burnt tents used to rest here.

13. What purpose does Amy or Annie serve in the story thus far?
(a) To foreshadow events.
(b) To give purpose to the setting.
(c) To shock the reader.
(d) To build suspense.

14. Who says, "War is not a game. If there's a shot to be made, you make it, you hear? No guilt. No hesitation...."?
(a) The Captain.
(b) Eddie's father.
(c) Eddie's brother.
(d) Mickey Shea.

15. What is the last thing Eddie remembers physically feeling before he dies?
(a) Pain.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Fear.
(d) The little girl's hands in his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the sea that Eddie sees?

2. What does Eddie do, just because he can, in Chapter Three?

3. From what does the Captain save his men?

4. What do Eddie and the other two soldiers decide to do before escaping?

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

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