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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 calls Eddie to wish him a happy sixty-eighth birthday?
(a) Joe.
(b) Ruby's husband.
(c) His buddy from the war.
(d) His boss.

2. What is the lesson in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Forgiveness comes easily with love.
(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) Lost love is still love; it just takes a different form.

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

4. What does Eddie hear at the opening of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Angels singing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Silence.
(d) Laughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Eleven, where is the story set?

3. What was Eddie's promotion?

4. How does Eddie's father help Eddie?

5. How much money does Eddie have in the bank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Eddie's father saves Mickey Shea. Considering Mickey's actions, what does this rescue say about Eddie's father?

2. How does Eddie's father die?

3. What symbols does the author use in Chapter Twelve?

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. For what was Eddie supposed to save his money, instead of gambling?

9. How does the fifth person Eddie meets in Heaven reveal Eddie's character?

10. What does Tala teach Eddie?

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