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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. North tell Izzy after his collapse on Baker Street?
(a) That he will probably be home in a few days.
(b) That he is showing slow signs of improvement.
(c) That he needs to stay in the hospital indefinitely.
(d) That he made his own situation worse.

2. What does Izzy complain about in Chapter 38?
(a) He cant walk, breathe, or spit up whats in his chest.
(b) The crying patient in the room next door.
(c) He can't go to the bathroom without help.
(d) Shirley is hovering.

3. What does Jeremy ask Rachel to do in Chapter 43?
(a) To keep her eyes open for a job.
(b) To come and visit him.
(c) To keep sending letters.
(d) To meet his fiance.

4. What does Rachel discover in Chapter 44 that makes her feel like Izzy left a legacy after all?
(a) The names of his children in a stone wall.
(b) His handprint and initials.
(c) The small footbridge he made for Eva.
(d) A tree with a plaque donated by the stonemasons.

5. What is the day like when Rachel walks up and down West Creek Street counting the bridges?
(a) Drizzly and dirty.
(b) Downpouring.
(c) Hazy, but the rain has stopped.
(d) Sun is starting to peek through the cloud cover.

6. What does Dr. North tell Izzy when the patient asks when he will be able to go home?
(a) That he can go home on Monday.
(b) That this is the best place for him for now.
(c) That he should consider saying his goodbyes here.
(d) That it won't be long.

7. In Chapter 44, what does Rachel complain to Manny about?
(a) That they never talk about Izzy anymore.
(b) That she doesn't know what to do without Izzy around.
(c) That Helena has a later curfew than she does.
(d) That it has been raining for ages.

8. What happens when the Coopers go to leave Izzy's room in the last part of Chapter 38?
(a) He tells Shirley to leave the gift after all.
(b) He collapses again.
(c) He tears off his oxygen mask.
(d) He falls and hits his head.

9. What does the family plant in Izzy's memory?
(a) A blue spruce.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) A rosebush.
(d) A peace lily.

10. How does Rachel feel, after she cries for Izzy, in Chapter 43?
(a) Angry.
(b) Full of grief.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Numb.

11. Where does Rachel take Izzy when he starts to collapse on Baker Street during their Saturday walk?
(a) To a shaded tree and lets him rest on the ground.
(b) Into a nearby hardware story.
(c) Into a nearby restaurant.
(d) Into a nearby ice cream shop.

12. Where does that last chapter of this book take place?
(a) At school.
(b) At a graduation party.
(c) At the Cooper's home.
(d) In a grocery store.

13. How does Jeremy get home?
(a) He hitchhikes.
(b) He rides a motorcycle.
(c) He flies.
(d) He rides out with MB.

14. What does Rachel ask Jeremy on their walk?
(a) If she should stop sending letters.
(b) Why he never answers her letters.
(c) Why he moved so far away.
(d) If she can come to visit him.

15. When Rachel spends the night at the hospital with Izzy, what does he ask her to do when he wakes up around midnight?
(a) Remember him.
(b) Hold his hand.
(c) To tell him a story about her life at high school.
(d) Go for a walk in the corridor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is life like for Rachel at the start of Chapter 44.

2. How is Rachel's issue that she brings up to Shirley settled on the Monday after Izzy is hospitalized?

3. What does Rachel find in Izzy's hospital room when she returns on the day following his first treatment?

4. What is the funny story that Phil tells about Izzy?

5. What does Rachel do when Izzy falls, for a second time, according to her journal entries?

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