View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Wallace encounter in Chapter 6 that scares him?
(a) Henry.
(b) The Manger.
(c) James.
(d) Cameron.

2. Who is Wallace's secretary in Chapter 1?
(a) Riley.
(b) Patricia.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Janine.

3. What is Mei?
(a) An angel.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A god.
(d) A reaper.

4. How many people come to Wallace's funeral?
(a) 150.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 200.

5. What was Mei not used to in her own family?
(a) Anger.
(b) Physical affection.
(c) Special holidays.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei say her and Hug's job is for spirits?

2. What does Nelson tell Wallace to do at the end of Chapter 7?

3. What does Wallace's tea remind him of?

4. What tethers Wallace to the ferryman?

5. Who is the husband of the employee Wallace is speaking to in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Wallace and Hugo mimic touching in Chapter 9?

2. What is Wallace's first experience with death?

3. What does Wallace notice about the tea shop in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

5. What does Wallace desperately want to do that he sees Nelson doing in Chapter 8?

6. Why does Wallace fire Patricia?

7. What does Wallace think of the tea shop, Charon's Crossing, when he first sees it?

8. How does Wallace feel when Mei first touches him?

9. Why do Mei and Hugo not eat in front of Nelson and Wallace?

10. What does Hugo tell Wallace about the reaper Hugo had before Mei when Wallace asks in Chapter 8?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 511 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample