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Figurative Language
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Who gives Eddie advice about how to survive a war?
Mickey Shea
100
Who forces Eddie and his brother to dance together?
Eddie's mother
100
What does Eddie do for a living?
Ruby Pier mechanic
100
Where does Eddie wake up in heaven for the first time?
In a tea cup on the Ruby Pier
100
When in the beginning or middle of the story showing small clues?
Foreshadowing
200
Eddie gives 20 bucks to a fellow friend and worker what is his name?
Dominguez
200
Who did Eddie dance with at the Ruby Pier?
Marguerite
200
What did Eddie feel physically before he dies?
The little girl's hands
200
What was different about Ruby Pier when Eddie wakes up in heaven?
Looks like the Ruby Pier in Eddie's childhood
200
Combining two things using like or as?
Simile
300
Who is the first person Eddie sees in heaven?
The Blue Man
300
Eddie's Father
Who verbally and physically abused Eddie?
300
Where did Eddie get his scars?
From the war
300
What does Eddie do because for the first time in a long time in heaven?
Runs around the park with the energy of a child
300
Describing something with human quantities?
Personification
400
What is Eddie's brother name?
Joe
400
What was the girls name that was saved by Eddie from the accident?
Annie and Amy
400
What did Eddie make for the little girl?
A pipe cleaner rabbit
400
How did the Blue man become blue?
Overdosed on silver nitrate
400
A figure of speech which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not literally applicable?
Metaphor
500
Who says this quote "How do you like them apples?"
The Captain
500
When Eddie and his squadron were captured by the Japanese what did they call the prison guards?
The 4 Crazies
500
What did one of the workers at the Pier lose in chapter 1?
a car key
500
What did Eddie learn from the Blue man?
That everyone is connected
500
Describing an experience with more dramatic description?
Imagery