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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Captain receive from Eddie?
(a) Validation that the rest of the men made it out safely.
(b) Forgiveness for shooting him in the leg.
(c) Eddie's dog tags.
(d) A medal of honor.

3. What is different about Eddie when he wakes up?
(a) He floats.
(b) He is young again.
(c) He can walk without his cane.
(d) He looks different.

4. Where does the reader learn that Eddie and three other soldiers are being held?
(a) In a small hut.
(b) In a steel box.
(c) Bamboo barracks.
(d) Under ground.

5. How does Eddie feel about the safety of Ruby Pier?
(a) He feels happy that it is one of the last small amusement parks still open.
(b) He is worried that it will be closed due to safety hazards.
(c) He is proud that it has a perfect safety record.
(d) He is concerned that it is old and the rides are worn.

6. What does Marguerite tell Eddie before he leaves for the war?
(a) That she will wait for him.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she will marry another man.
(d) That she cannot wait for him.

7. What does Uncle Mickey give Eddie for his birthday?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A play pistol and cowboy hat.
(c) A silver dollar.
(d) A signed baseball.

8. When was the freak show shut down?
(a) Eighty years ago.
(b) Five years ago.
(c) Fifty years ago.
(d) Twenty-five years ago.

9. Who does the author introduce in a flashback at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Eddie's father.
(b) Eddie's brother.
(c) Eddie's friend.
(d) Eddie's girlfriend.

10. What does Eddie learn about his voice in Heaven?
(a) It has disappeared forever.
(b) It is only permitted during urgent situations.
(c) It will change once Eddie learns his lessons.
(d) It will come; silence helps people listen.

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

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

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

14. The reader learns that Mitch Albom is clearly trying to share what with the reader?
(a) That The Five People You Meet in Heaven teaches lessons.
(b) That he embraces dying.
(c) That Heaven is a mystical place.
(d) That he is afraid of dying.

15. Who says, "you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."?
(a) Eddie.
(b) The Blue Man.
(c) Uncle Mickey.
(d) Eddie's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Uncle Mickey?

2. What happens to the field where Chapter Seven opens?

3. Who restores peace to Eddie's household in Chapter Five?

4. How old is Eddie in Chapter Two?

5. With whom does Eddie first share the news that he found the girl he wishes to marry?

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