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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Life has to end; love doesn't."?
(a) Eddie's attorney.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) Eddie's boss.

2. What does Eddie say to Marguerite about the war?
(a) "It was unbearable."
(b) "Too much bloodshed caused too much pain."
(c) "I lost myself."
(d) "I killed ten men."

3. For whom does Eddie's father cry when he is hospitalized?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife, Joe, and Eddie.
(c) God.
(d) Mickey Shea

4. Why does Eddie's father forgive Mickey Shea?
(a) Eddie's father owes Mickey Shea money.
(b) Eddie's father does not love his wife.
(c) Mickey has a drinking problem and does not act out on purpose.
(d) Mickey Shea saved Eddie's father once.

5. Who finally leads Eddie to Heaven?
(a) Tala; her hands were in his.
(b) His father; he has to seek Eddie's forgiveness.
(c) Rabozzo; he shows Eddie that he is really okay.
(d) Marguerite; her love guides him to Heaven.

6. How much money does Eddie have in the bank?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Only the amount of his last paycheck.
(d) Nothing to speak of.

7. From what does Marguerite eventually die?
(a) Brain tumor.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Broken heart.

8. What is the one word Eddie hears from God?
(a) Welcome.
(b) Free.
(c) Peace.
(d) Home.

9. What does Eddie feel that ultimately brings him peace?
(a) Being washed and cleansed from his hurts.
(b) Being under water, as if being reborn.
(c) Flying through the clouds, freely.
(d) He rides the Freddie Fall ride without fear of its disrepair.

10. What was Eddie's promotion?
(a) Manager.
(b) Head of maintenance.
(c) Ticket taker.
(d) Cashier.

11. How does Eddie come across big money?
(a) Gets a raise at work.
(b) He finds it beneath a ride.
(c) Wins at the racetrack.
(d) Joe lends him the money.

12. How many lessons have been learned thus far?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

13. What does Eddie hear at the opening of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Angels singing.
(b) Silence.
(c) Singing.
(d) Laughter.

14. What does Eddie see?
(a) Brown-skinned children playing in a river.
(b) Marguerite, beckoning him.
(c) Angels.
(d) Devastation of war.

15. When is the story set in Chapter Eleven, after the author reveals the fourth person Eddie meets in Heaven?
(a) The moment frozen when the ride crashes.
(b) The present.
(c) The past.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Eddie's father when he died?

2. What does Eddie's co-worker say about Eddie?

3. What does Eddie do on his seventy-fifth birthday?

4. In Chapter Eleven, where is the story set?

5. How does Eddie feel when he returns home from the war?

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