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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 the Coopers and Izzy do in Chapter 35?

2. What does Grandpa Izzy talk about in his sleep on the night that Rachel stays with him at the hospital?

3. Where does Uncle Lenny call from?

4. Where does that last chapter of this book take place?

5. What does the family plant in Izzy's memory?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Rachel want to leave the hospital with her parents on Tuesday night in Chapter 40?

2. Describe Izzy's surroundings in Chapter 35.

3. Does Dr. North respect Izzy?

4. How does Izzy's death impact his family as a whole?

5. What happens when Izzy says he is afraid to go to sleep at the hospital.

6. How does Rachel say her family is dealing with Izzy's illness in her journal entry in Chapter 31?

7. Describe Izzy's death.

8. Is Rachel a stubborn person?

9. How does Jeremy feel about the letters Rachel sends?

10. Describe Lewis Olswanger.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one question to answer:

1) What if Dr. North had told Izzy about his impending death, rather than just Shirley? Explain how the event of the story might have unfolded differently.

2) How would the story have been different if it was Rachel, rather than Izzy, who was dying of cancer?

3) Analyze what the future would hold for Rachel and Izzy if the old man had recovered and lived?

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

Parent-Child relationships play an important part in After the Rain.

1) Select a parent child relationship from the story and explain how both the parent and the child impact each others' lives.

2) Decide who you think the best and worst parents in the story are. Compare and contrast the two characters.

3) Take the two parents you selected in number two. Reverse your answer and write a defense of the worst parent as a good parent and of the best parent as a bad parent.

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