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Five People Part 4/5

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What caused Marguerite’s car to crash?   Teenagers dropped a whiskey bottle on her car  
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Sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive...The water of their life was hidden beneath the roots” This quotation shows   This quotation shows that Eddie and Marguerite blamed each other for losing the adoption, had to work to maintain their relationship, and didn't know how to talk to each other about their real feelings  
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Why is Eddie jealous of his brother?   He had a better job and more success  
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What caused Marguerite’s death?   A tumor/cancer  
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How did Eddie act after Marguerite died?   He shut his heart off from others and let his days go stale  
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What best describes the attorney that came to find Eddie’s financial papers?   Indifferent and insensitive  
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What celebration continually took place in Marguerite’s heaven?   weddings and receptions  
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What was the fourth lesson that Marguerite taught Eddie?   Love is never lost  
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Why did Eddie have to learn this fourth lesson?   Eddie shut his life down when Marguerite died and Eddie never loved anyone again  
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Why did Tala hide in the burning barn?   Her mother told her to hide in the barn and she was hiding from the soldiers  
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According to Tala, what was Eddie’s purpose in life?   To protect children from being hurt and injured, To work at Ruby Pier, and To be Eddie "Maintenance"  
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Did Eddie save the girl at the pier from death?   Yes  
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At the end of the book, thousands of people were gathered at a pier. Who are these people?   The people Eddie had saved  
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What does Eddie washing Tala really symbolize?   Washing away his guilt, Her forgiveness for killing her, and Cleansing of Eddie’s soul  
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Who does Eddie wait for in heaven to explain his/her life?   Amy/Annie  
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What does the symbol of the overlapping stones represent?   How one person’s story influences another person’s story  
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What is the last lesson that Eddie learned?   The meaning and purpose for his life  
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Why did Eddie have to learn the last lesson?   He resented his life at Ruby Pier  
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Who is the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven?   Mitch Albom  
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Dramatic Irony   occurs when the audience is aware of something that the characters in a story are not aware of  
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Verbal Irony   when a character's words mean something different from what the character actually says  
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Situational Irony   when what one would expect to happen does not happen, but the opposite happens instead  
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Symbol   using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning and represents something else beyond itself  
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Simile   a comparison between two things that are not alike using the words like or as  
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Metaphor   a comparison between two things that are not alike not using the words like or as  
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