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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Lewis and Rachel go look for on the Saturday they fill their back packs with food?
(a) Eva's handprint.
(b) The bridge where Izzy proposed to Eva.
(c) The firetower.
(d) Izzy's handprint.

3. What did Izzy leave in his medicine cabinet that his family finds after his death?
(a) A short letter to Rachel.
(b) A note with instrutions about his death.
(c) An appointment card for a different doctor.
(d) A bag of black jellybeans.

4. Why does Rachel decide to skip the birthday party in Chapter 32?
(a) To take care of Izzy.
(b) She is jealous.
(c) To go out with Lewis.
(d) To make her mom angry.

5. What does the hospital technician give to Izzy in Chapter 35?
(a) A balloon animal.
(b) An x-ray of his lungs.
(c) A portable oxygen machine.
(d) A card that was left for him at the front desk.

6. What is the weather like when Izzy and Rachel walk for the first time after his second fall?
(a) Drizzly and wet.
(b) Foggy and muggy.
(c) Sunny and pleasant.
(d) Overcast, but not raining.

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

8. Who spends the night with Izzy on the Saturday he says he is afraid to sleep?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Manny.

9. How does Jeremy feel about Izzy?
(a) He's still sore at him.
(b) He is apathetic.
(c) He is overwhlemed with sadness.
(d) He's feels sorry for a man who pushed people away.

10. What does Jeremy point out to Rachel when they take their walk on the day they scatter Izzy's ashes?
(a) A crummy little market where teens used to hang out.
(b) A park where he used to go to draw and paint.
(c) A park that Manny took him to.
(d) A drugstore where he worked as a teenager.

11. How does Rachel envision herself in Chapter 41 when she thinks about Izzy never having another glass of water?
(a) Drinking glass after glass but remaining thirsty.
(b) By a pond as the water evaporate in streams up to heaven.
(c) On a dark road with hard streams of water falling down.
(d) Drowning in endless glasses of water.

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

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

14. What does Rachel say that her parents look like on the night that she stays at the hospital with Izzy?
(a) Deer caught in headlights.
(b) Refugees.
(c) Lost children.
(d) Big, tired animals.

15. How is Izzy's mood the day after his treatment?
(a) He seems resigned and lacks energy.
(b) Agitated and restless.
(c) Better, he is his crotchedy old self.
(d) Subdued, as he sleeps most of the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis tell Rachel occurred at school when they speak in Chapter 37?

2. Where does Rachel take Izzy when he starts to collapse on Baker Street during their Saturday walk?

3. What does Izzy want to do in Chapter 33 when Rachel arrives at his house early on Saturday morning?

4. What happens during the night that Rachel stays at the hotel with Izzy?

5. What does Rachel write a story about in Chapter 44?

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