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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Izzy taken directly after collapsing on Baker Street?
(a) To Rachel's house.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To his apartment.
(d) To the diner.

2. 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 it won't be long.
(d) That he should consider saying his goodbyes here.

3. How is Rachel's issue that she brings up to Shirley settled on the Monday after Izzy is hospitalized?
(a) Dr. North says its a bad idea and Rachel drops the subject.
(b) Manny gives in and Rachel gets her way.
(c) Izzy collapses again and the topic is dropped.
(d) Shirley gives in and Rachel gets her way.

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

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 card that was left for him at the front desk.
(d) A portable oxygen machine.

6. How does Izzy treat the person who visits him in Chapter 39?
(a) He is condescending.
(b) He is unresponsive.
(c) He is gruff and unfriendly.
(d) He tries to be sociable.

7. Where does the person who spends the night with Izzy on the Saturday he says he is afraid to sleep actually sleep?
(a) On a small pull out couch.
(b) On a cot.
(c) In the big chair.
(d) In an empty patient bed.

8. Who comes to visit Izzy on Sunday in Chapter 39?
(a) Helena.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Alice Farnum.

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. What makes Rachel jealous when at Izzy's apartment in Chapter 32?
(a) Izzy's attention to Helena.
(b) Jeremy's attention to Shirley.
(c) Izzy's attention to Alice.
(d) Lewis's attention to Helena.

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

12. What do Manny and Shirley do when they come by after work?
(a) Bring gifts from the gift shop.
(b) Laugh at things that aren't funny.
(c) Bring mail from Izzy's house.
(d) Clean things that aren't messy.

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

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

15. How does Rachel envision herself in Chapter 41 when she thinks about Izzy never having another glass of water?
(a) Drowning in endless glasses of water.
(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) Drinking glass after glass but remaining thirsty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like when Izzy and Rachel walk for the first time after his second fall?

2. What does Rachel eat at the hospital cafeteria with her parents when Shirley complains about the food?

3. Where does Uncle Lenny call from?

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

5. Who is at Izzy's apartment when he and Rachel return from their first walk after his second fall?

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