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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Grandpa Izzy that requires Rachel to go get him in Chapter 16?
(a) He falls while walking.
(b) He is hit by a car.
(c) He has a seizure and falls in a ditch.
(d) He is hit by a baseball.

2. What do the Coopers do while they are at Grandpa Izzy's in Chapter 15?
(a) Build a house of cards.
(b) Do a jigsaw puzzle.
(c) Play Scrabble.
(d) Play Euchre.

3. What do Rachel and Izzy discover they both like in Chapter 25?
(a) Kung Fu movies.
(b) Black jellybeans.
(c) Licking the cream out of oreos.
(d) Jazz music.

4. What does Izzy give to Alice Farnum in Chapter 26?
(a) A plant.
(b) A book.
(c) A cup of sugar.
(d) A record album.

5. Who plays basketball every Saturday?
(a) Lewis and Mikey.
(b) Manny and Rachel.
(c) The Minors.
(d) Jeremy.

6. Where do Rachel and her friends go after school lets out in Chapter 19?
(a) To the Indian Falls Festival.
(b) To Lewis's house.
(c) To Indian Falls Park.
(d) To Grandpa Izzy's.

7. Who does Rachel see at the Civic Center when she and her father go to the performance there?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Her teacher.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Minor.
(d) Lewis.

8. Why is Grandpa Izzy angry at Rachel in Chapter 20?
(a) She is being too pushy.
(b) She makes her mother cry.
(c) She didn't come to walk with him.
(d) She won't buy him cigarettes at the market.

9. Where do Rachel and her mother go to picky up Izzy in Chapter 7?
(a) The hospital.
(b) His apartment.
(c) The mall.
(d) The senior center.

10. When Rachel arrives at Izzy's for their walk in Chapter 23, what does she find?
(a) Izzy is not home.
(b) Izzy is passed out on the floor.
(c) Izzy has emptied the apartment.
(d) Izzy is asleep on the sofa.

11. What did Grandpa Izzy do for a living before he retired?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was a soldier.
(c) He was a mechanic.
(d) He was a stonemason.

12. What does Izzy ask Rachel in Chapter 27?
(a) What the doctor said.
(b) What she wants to be when she grows up.
(c) Where Shirley went.
(d) Why she walks with him.

13. How can Rachel tell that Izzy is in a bad mood when she arrives for their walk on Friday in Chapter 22?
(a) He kicks over a trashcan.
(b) His eyebrows and furrowed and he is silent.
(c) His fists are clenched and he makes her paces in the lobby.
(d) He tells her he is in a bad mood.

14. Who accompanies Rachel to Poppie's Diner in Chapter 21?
(a) Helena.
(b) Granpa Izzy.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Manny.

15. What does Dr. North say is wrong with Grandpa Izzy when Rachel and Shirley meet him in Chapter 10?
(a) He needs a heart transplant.
(b) There is nothing wrong with him.
(c) He has severe allergies and asthma.
(d) He has a form of cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Izzy tell Rachel that Eva was afraid of?

2. What is one thing Manny does to anger Rachel in Chapter 2?

3. Why is Shirley mad at Rachel in Chapter 13?

4. What do Rachel and Izzy do when their walk gets rained out in Chapter 24?

5. Why are Rachel's parents annoyed with her when she first arrives home in the beginning of Chapter 17?

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