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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. What does the reader learn about Eddie's character in Chapter Eight?
(a) He is diligent and regimented.
(b) He is dependable, trustworthy and kind.
(c) He is lazy, angry and resentful.
(d) He is motivated, yet unfulfilled.

2. How does Eddie help to make Tala whole again?
(a) He kisses her forehead.
(b) He washes her with the stone.
(c) He washes her with water from his canteen.
(d) He listens to her story.

3. Who tries to save Mickey Shea from drowning?
(a) A carnival worker.
(b) Eddie's father.
(c) An ocean lifeguard.
(d) Eddie.

4. What is the lesson in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Lost love is still love; it just takes a different form.
(b) It's better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.
(c) Life is short and there is no time for regret.
(d) Forgiveness comes easily with love.

5. What happens to Eddie's belongings?
(a) They are sent to Eddie's long time friend.
(b) His apartment is pillaged by teenagers visiting the park.
(c) The estate attorney takes them.
(d) They are packed away with Ruby Pier memorabilia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Eddie envious of Joe?

2. Whose key is the cause of the Freddy Fall cable being shredded?

3. Who is the fourth person Eddie meets in Heaven?

4. About what in his own life is the estate attorney pleased?

5. What does Eddie tell Marguerite?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is a reception hall an appropriate place for Eddie to meet Marguerite in Heaven?

2. Describe Eddie's relationship with Joe.

3. Is the estate attorney's view of Eddie accurate? Why or why not?

4. What was Eddie's relationship like with his father?

5. At this point, Albom has shown the reader a span of seventy-five years in only ten, short chapters. How is Albom's storytelling effective?

6. Why does Ruby know all of the details of Eddie's father?

7. How does the reader know that Eddie's memory will be kept alive at the Pier?

8. What does Tala teach Eddie?

9. Clearly, Chapter thirteen is used as the falling action for the reader. How is Tala's lesson a resolution for Eddie, as well?

10. How does Albom use Eddie's birthdays to pass time in Chapter Twelve?

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