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

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

3. Who is Tala?
(a) The girl who dies in the tent in the Philippines.
(b) His daughter.
(c) The girl Eddie saves from Freddy Fall.
(d) A child Eddie kept safe by doing his job at the Pier.

4. How does Eddie feel about his father?
(a) Pathetic and useless.
(b) Angry and hateful.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Longing for acceptance.

5. In Chapter Eleven, where is the story set?
(a) The Pier and Eddie's apartment.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The Pier and Eddie's car.
(d) The boardwalk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Ruby compare anger?

3. What literary device is used when discussing the accident that occurs at another park?

4. For whom does Eddie's father cry when he is hospitalized?

5. How long after Eddie's death does the park reopen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Ruby's lesson to Eddie.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Tala teach Eddie?

8. How is the person whose key shredded the cable connected to the Pier?

9. 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?

10. Describe Eddie's relationship with Joe.

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