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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rachel tell Lewis that it seems like her grandfather is doing when they speak in Chapter 37?
(a) Pushing her away.
(b) Waiting to die.
(c) Evaporating.
(d) Trying to squeeze in a lifetime of conversations.

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

4. When does Rachel start arriving at the hospital each day in Chapter 36?
(a) By 8 am.
(b) By 3 pm.
(c) From 6 pm every evening.
(d) By noon and again by 4 pm.

5. What does Rachel do when Izzy falls, for a second time, according to her journal entries?
(a) Catches him.
(b) Freezes and does nothing.
(c) Calls for help.
(d) Screams.

6. Why does Rachel finally decide that she is so angry in Chapter 31?
(a) She is angry that Izzy is dying.
(b) She is angry that Izzy is too stubborn to go to the hospital.
(c) She is angry that her mother treats her like a child.
(d) She is angry that Helena leads such a charmed life.

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

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

9. What does Izzy want to do in Chapter 33 when Rachel arrives at his house early on Saturday morning?
(a) Go to the hardware store.
(b) Stay outside all day.
(c) Take her to the bridges again.
(d) Stay inside and rest.

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

11. Who calls Rachel to find out how Izzy is doing on Saturday in Chapter 33?
(a) Alice Farnum.
(b) Lenny.
(c) Helena and Lewis.
(d) Jeremy.

12. What does Rachel hear in Chapter 34 when she is outside of Izzy's hospital room?
(a) Shirley crying.
(b) The nurses gossiping.
(c) Izzy groaning.
(d) Alice Farnum laughing.

13. Who does Rachel thank in Chapter 45?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Manny.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Shirley.

14. When they talk about Grandpa Izzy in Chapter 37, how does Rachel say she sometimes feels?
(a) Overwhelmed.
(b) Furious.
(c) Confused.
(d) Numb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who waits outside of Izzy's hotel room with Rachel in Chapter 34?

2. Whose birthday occurs in Chapter 32?

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

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

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

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