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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the person that Rachel thanks react in the final chapter of the story?
(a) The person says that she is worth it.
(b) The person hugs Rachel.
(c) The person insists it was nothing.
(d) The person kisses Rachel.

2. What does Rachel eat at the hospital cafeteria with her parents when Shirley complains about the food?
(a) Macaroni and cheese.
(b) A tuna salad sandwich.
(c) American goulash.
(d) A chef salad.

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

4. What does Izzy demand, as the Coopers are leaving, in Chapter 38?
(a) To be told when he can go home.
(b) To be told everything the doctor says.
(c) To be moved to another room.
(d) That Rachel return to school.

5. Why doesn't Rachel tell her parents about Izzy's second fall right away?
(a) She knows they will worry.
(b) She is still mad at her mother.
(c) She gets distracted by Lewis.
(d) She is afraid they will hospitalize him.

6. What happens during the night that Rachel stays at the hotel with Izzy?
(a) Izzy dies.
(b) Rachels sees a dead patient removed from the room next door.
(c) Izzy stops breathing and is revived.
(d) Rachel breaks out in hives.

7. Where are Rachel and Lewis when they speak in Chapter 37?
(a) In the hospital cafeteria.
(b) At Rachel's kitchen table.
(c) In Poppie's Diner.
(d) On the phone.

8. 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 needs to stay in the hospital indefinitely.
(c) That he is showing slow signs of improvement.
(d) That he made his own situation worse.

9. 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.

10. What object are Rachel and the person she talks to in Chapter 45 standing in front of?
(a) A book shelf.
(b) A trophy case.
(c) A cake.
(d) A table.

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

12. Where is Rachel headed at the end of After the Rain?
(a) To take a walk.
(b) To go to work.
(c) Home.
(d) To class.

13. What special request did Izzy have in regards to his funeral?
(a) He wanted the funeral to be simple with no flowers or fuss.
(b) He asked to have Rachel read a passage.
(c) He specified that there should be no funeral.
(d) He asked to be cremated.

14. What does Dr. North tell Shirley about Izzy's condition after his second fall?
(a) That Izzy should get his affairs in order.
(b) That Izzy must be hospitalized to get better.
(c) That Izzy will keep getting weaker.
(d) That Izzy needs an organ transplant.

15. What do the Coopers and Izzy do in Chapter 35?
(a) Everyone reads their own book.
(b) Watch golf on TV.
(c) Watch a Marx Brothers movie.
(d) Everyone listens to Rachel read a western that Izzy likes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When do Rachel and Jeremy go for a walk in Chapter 43?

4. What does Rachel tell Lewis about returning to school in Chapter 37?

5. What does Shirley do when Rachel tells her about Izzy's second fall a full day after it occurs?

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