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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author show the reader through all of Eddie's five people?
(a) That kindness does not get overlooked.
(b) That Heaven is different for everyone.
(c) That we are all tied together.
(d) That strangers are important.

2. Who is the last person Eddie meets in Heaven?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Annie or Amy.
(d) Tala.

3. Eddie and Marguerite save money for what big event?
(a) Adoption of a child.
(b) A new apartment.
(c) Wedding anniversary party.
(d) New car.

4. Who says, "The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."?
(a) Tala, in the Epilogue.
(b) The author, in the Epilogue.
(c) Eddie, in the Epilogue.
(d) Annie or Amy, in the Epilogue.

5. Where is Chapter Eight set?
(a) On a mountain range, in a diner.
(b) On a farm, hosting a carnival.
(c) In a field, in a car.
(d) In a helicopter, leaving a battle.

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

7. On what does Eddie reflect during his last birthday?
(a) His job.
(b) His life.
(c) The war.
(d) The times he spent with Marguerite.

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

9. How does Eddie's father treat his sons?
(a) Neglectfully.
(b) Carelessly.
(c) Lovingly.
(d) Respectfully.

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

11. How old is Marguerite when she dies?
(a) Forty-seven.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Sixty-two.

12. How does Eddie's father help Eddie?
(a) He gives Eddie the apartment.
(b) He gives Eddie money.
(c) He makes Eddie get a job.
(d) He forgives Eddie.

13. Why was Eddie sad when he was living?
(a) He was scarred by the war.
(b) He missed his wife.
(c) He hated his father.
(d) He felt as though he accomplished nothing.

14. Who takes over Eddie's job?
(a) Eddie's assistant.
(b) The tall man from the carnival.
(c) Uncle Mickey.
(d) Joe.

15. How long after Eddie's death does the park reopen?
(a) One week.
(b) One day.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pays for Eddie's funeral?

2. What does the reader learn about Eddie's character in Chapter Eight?

3. Who says, "Life has to end; love doesn't."?

4. In Chapter Twelve, who beckons Eddie to come nearer?

5. What does Eddie learn about the last day he was alive?

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