Eddie
Blue Man
Ruby Pier
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
100

How do we know Eddie is comfortable with young children? (2 things)

He goes on rides with them and makes pipe cleaner animals for them

100

T/F  The Blue Man was a poor immigrant who did not get along with his father

True

100

This was the cause of the cable breaking on Freddy's Free Fall

A Key

100

What literary device is used here:

"Eddie was a squat old man with white hair..." (Albom 2)

Imagery

100

Odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; ugly or absurd; bizarre

Grotesque

200

What is the name of Eddie's older brother?

Joe

200

The Blue Man was a nervous boy and young man, so what "medicine" did the doctor prescribe for him

silver nitrate/poison

200

The name of the little girl who Eddie tried to save

Amy/Annie

200

"He was floating over a vast yellow sea.  Now it turned melon.  Now it was a sapphire."  (Albom 21)

Metaphor

200

Comfort in times of grief and worry

Solace

300

The name of Eddie's "one true love"

Marguerite

300

Who caused the Blue Man's death?

Eddie

300

T or F - Eddie always dreamed of working at Ruby Pier

False

300
"They drew in like cold hands to a fire." (Albom 3).

Simile

300

A person who stands at the entrance of a show or event and tries to attract customers by making loud speeches or announcements.

Barker

400

When Eddie "arrives" in Heaven, where was it?

Ruby Pier

400

T/F - Eddie went to the Blue Man's funeral

True

400

This is how Eddie felt when the Blue Man told him that Ruby Pier was heaven

Upset

400

The name for the author's inclusion of Eddie's past birthdays.

Flashback

400

Define Carnage

The killing of a large number of people; great destruction of life.

500

What war did Eddie fight in?

World War II

500

Why was the Blue Man's Heaven Ruby Pier?

It was the one place he felt accepted and happy

500

This person was the head of maintenance 

Eddie

500

"It (Freddy's Free Fall) tilted just a few feet below the upper platform, as if it had started down and then changed its mind." (Albom 15).

Personification

500

A basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other goods of the same type.

Commodity