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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mickey Shea.
(b) Eddie's brother.
(c) Eddie's father.
(d) The Captain.

2. In Chapter Three, where does Eddie stop at the Pier?
(a) In front of the Freddy Fall.
(b) In front of the Ferris Wheel.
(c) In front of the popcorn machine.
(d) In front of the freak show.

3. What is Eddie's last memory of being alive?
(a) The war.
(b) Working at the Pier.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) The cart falling on the little girl.

4. When is Chapter Three set?
(a) In the future.
(b) In Eddie's past.
(c) Before Eddie was born.
(d) During the present.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dance does Eddie recall before the time he was crippled?

2. What talent does Eddie have that eventually helps him escape from prison during the war?

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

4. What causes the Blue Man to become blue?

5. What birthday does Eddie celebrate in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. The readers learn that today is Eddie's birthday. What is his mood as the little girl approaches him in Chapter One?

2. What is the symbolism of the water in Chapter Two?

3. Discuss the significance of Albom's use of color in Chapter Two?

4. What happens in the plot when Eddie asks the Blue Man if he saves the little girl at the Pier?

5. Discuss the meaning of the Captain's quote, "When you sacrifice something that is precious, you don't actually lose it. "

6. What does Eddie feel from the Blue Man when the Blue Man hugs Eddie?

7. What are the first images the reader gets of Ruby Pier?

8. In Chapter Seven, how does Mitch Albom use suspense to propel the action?

9. The Captain tells Eddie that dying is only the beginning. What could the Captain mean by this statement?

10. Discuss Eddie's encounter with the first character he meets in Heaven, the Blue Man.

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