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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rachel and Izzy do when their walk gets rained out in Chapter 24?

2. What does Rachel do to occupy her mind while walking with Izzy after school in Chapter 20?

3. What happens to Rachel at school on Monday in Chapter 7?

4. What does Izzy ask Rachel in Chapter 27?

5. Where do Rachel and her friends go after school lets out in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Coopers usually spend Sunday mornings?

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

3. How does Rachel feel about the possibility of Izzy coming to live at her house?

4. Describe the picture of Izzy and Eva that Izzy gives to Rachel.

5. Describe the dinner when Izzy cooks for Rachel.

6. What kind of a person is Helena?

7. Why is Rachel initially confused about whether or not Lewis likes her?

8. How does Rachel feel about her family?

9. Describe Rachel and Lewis's first interactions.

10. What does Izzy tell Rachel about his handprint in Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select one of these options to write about:

1) Explain why you think visual imagery, symbolism, or irony is the most important literary technique in the novel.

2) Analyze animal metaphors in the story.

Essay Topic 2

The process of Izzy's death moved Rachel from disbelief to grief and back to hope again.

1) Describe the process of accepting the death of a loved one as illustrated in this story.

2) Explain how grief affected the actions of at least 3 characters in the novel.

3) Analyze the correlation between transformation and loss.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the feelings that Rachel expresses in her journal, to those she express in her letters to Jeremy, and to those feelings that the author narrates. Be sure to refer to specific examples in the story to illustrate the differences between the expression of her feelings in these different formats.

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