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English 4 Required Summer Reading
Congratulations, class of 2018! Welcome to your senior year!
This summer, you are required to read The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.
Rather than submitting a full essay during your first week of class, you will be expected to
complete the following worksheet. This may then be turned into an essay at the beginning of
the year, per teacher discretion.
Please be sure to have this completed before school begins.
The Assignment
Attached is a list of questions related to the book. Be sure to answer all parts of each question.
This will be considered your first grade of the year.
If you need additional space, write on a separate sheet of paper and staple to this worksheet.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven By Mitch Albom
Your Name: ____________________________________________________________________
1. The 1st Lesson:
The Person: _____________________________ The Setting: ____________________________
2. What effect does it have on you when you look at the story from different points of view –
his and Eddie’s?
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3. What does Eddie learn from the Blue Man?
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4. Describe at least one event in your life that might have changed who you have become if it
had happened differently.
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5. The 2nd Lesson:
The Person: _____________________________ The Setting: ____________________________
6. What did the captain do that changed Eddie’s life? Why?
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7. What lesson does the captain teach Eddie?
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8. Which of the first two lessons do you think is more important to you, the Blue Man’s or the
Captain’s? Explain why.
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9. The 3rd Lesson:
The Person: _____________________________ The Setting: ____________________________
10. What was Eddie’s relationship with his father like? Why do you think his father was the way
he was?
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11. What lesson does Ruby teach Eddie?
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12. The 4th Lesson:
The Person: _____________________________ The Setting: ____________________________
13. Why does Marguerite want to be in a place where there are only weddings?
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14. Eddie’s fourth lesson is that love lives beyond mere physical presence, and it lives not just in
our hearts but also in our memories. Love is specific. Love is forever. Love has multiple forms.
What is your opinion of these statements?
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15. The 5th Lesson:
The Person: _____________________________ The Setting: ____________________________
16. Eddie says, “I was sad because I didn’t do anything with my life. I was nothing. I
accomplished nothing.” What do you think of this assessment of his life? Give specific
examples to support your claim.
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17. On the final page of the novel, Albom writes that “Each affects the other and the other
affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.” Now that you’ve
finished the story, what do you think about this statement?
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