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

2. Later, where does Amy or Annie meet an old man?
(a) In the Stardust Band Shell, at the Pier
(b) At the Freddy Fall, at the Pier.
(c) On the boardwalk of the Pier.
(d) At the bench where Eddie made her pipe cleaner animals.

3. What does Eddie's co-worker say about Eddie?
(a) "Eddie was a kind soul."
(b) "Eddie loved children."
(c) "Eddie really loved his wife."
(d) "Eddie was a great worker."

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

5. Chapter Fourteen serves as what part of the plot?
(a) The introduction.
(b) The climax.
(c) The denouement, or resolution.
(d) The falling action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Eddie's promotion?

2. Why was Eddie sad when he was living?

3. Eddie and Marguerite save money for what big event?

4. Who says, "Is where you were supposed to be, Eddie Main-ten-ance"?

5. How does Eddie help to make Tala whole again?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Eddie's and Marguerite's relationship impacted by the fallout from the track and Marguerite's accident?

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

3. How does the estate attorney view Eddie's life?

4. Who is the child Eddie meets in Heaven, and why is she significant?

5. Why is the stranger Eddie meets in Chapter Eight so significant in his life?

6. How do Eddie's actions on his thirty-ninth birthday contribute to Marguerite's accident?

7. Eddie washes Tala with a stone. What is the significance of this action?

8. What does Marguerite teach Eddie in Heaven?

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

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

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