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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true of Jeremy?
(a) He was in the Vietnam War.
(b) He has a chronic illness that prevents him from working.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He has a pregnant wife.

2. Who ran away to England when he was younger than Rachel is in the story?
(a) Manny.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) Grandpa Izzy.
(d) Uncle Lenny.

3. What does Grandpa Izzy tell Rachel about when she calls him in Chapter 17?
(a) That he used to play stickball afterschool with his brother.
(b) He used to get into a lot of fights when he was young.
(c) That his own father died from a fall.
(d) That she reminds him of his dead wife.

4. Who calls Rachel when she is home alone in Chapter 9?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Mikey.
(c) Helena.
(d) Grandpa Izzy.

5. Who is the second person that Rachel interviews for the school paper?
(a) Manny.
(b) Coach Al.
(c) Wilda Sycora.
(d) Principal Norris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel tell Izzy to do in Chapter 18?

2. Who does Rachel interview for the school paper?

3. What does Rachel do, as of Chapter 25, ever time she sees Izzy?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Rachel forget to tell her mother?

5. What do the Coopers do while they are at Grandpa Izzy's in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tone of Rachel and Lewis's first two phone calls?

2. Is Rachel mature or immature?

3. What shows the growing relationship between Rachel and Izzy in Chapter 25?

4. What does the doctor say is wrong with Grandpa Izzy after his initial tests?

5. What does Rachel learn about Coach Al?

6. Describe Rachel and Lewis's first interactions.

7. Based on his actions in Chapter 12, is Lewis a sympathetic person?

8. What kind of a person is Helena?

9. How does Rachel recognize Izzy's bad mood in Chapter 22?

10. How does Rachel feel about playing paddleball with Helena's family?

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