Chapter One
Where does the story mainly take place?
Ruby Pier
Who is the first person Eddie meets in Heaven?
The Blue Man
Which character says, "the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect...death doesn't take someone, it misses someone else and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed?
The Blue Man
Who is the second person Eddie meets in Heaven?
The Captain
What does Eddie wonder about in Chapter Seven?
Whether he saves the little girl at Ruby Pier
What does Eddie do for a living?
Performs maintenance
Who causes the Blue Man's death?
Eddie
What world event is happening in Chapter Five?
War in Europe
What happens to Eddie's leg?
The Captain shoots him to prevent Eddie from entering a burning tent
Who says, "dying is not the end, it is only the beginning?"
The Captain
What does the boy lose that causes damage to the new ride?
His car key
What does Eddie learn about Heaven in Chapter Four?
It has many steps
The reader learns that Mitch Albom (author) is clearly trying to share what with the reader?
That the Five People You Meet in Heaven teaches lessons
In Chapter Six, we learn that Eddie is saving money for what?
To attend school for engineering
What promise did the Captain make to his men?
To leave none of his men behind
What is the name of the new ride at Ruby Pier?
Freddy Free Fall
What causes the Blue Man's death?
Eddie's baseball / heart attack
Joe; they get into a fight
What talent does Eddie have that eventually helps him escape from prison during the war?
He juggles
From what does the Captain save his men?
A landmine
Who is the little girl that Eddie saves her life?
Annie or Amy
What causes the Blue Man to become blue?
An overdose of silver nitrate
What is the first lesson that Eddie learns from the Blue Man?
That everyone is connected
Why does Eddie try to return to a burning tent?
He thinks a child is inside
What is the second lesson that Eddie learns in Heaven?
That sacrifice is essential