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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 happens around Thanksgiving?
(a) Denise and Rachel decide to bring her home, as her cancer treatments are not helping.
(b) Rachel's cancer treatments begin to finally work.
(c) Rachel dies.
(d) Rachel is moved to a different hospital.

2. To what does Greg compare killing Rachel‘s cancer?
(a) The bombing of bad guys in a city.
(b) Fighting zombies.
(c) A battle scene in a movie.
(d) The war on drugs.

3. In chapter 26 Greg compares his life to that of the ecosystem of what?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A jungle.
(c) A pond.
(d) A desert.

4. Why does Greg think Rachel tolerates the mistakes in their films?
(a) She likes Greg and Earl.
(b) She is very kind.
(c) She finds the mistakes funny.
(d) The mistakes make the movie more real.

5. What do Earl and Greg realize about Rachel's movie?
(a) It will probably never get made.
(b) It should not be about Rachel.
(c) It should be really fun and uplifting.
(d) It must be significant, but all of their ideas are dumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. McCarthy say Greg needs to not fail?

2. Is anything said or done that is romantic, as Rachel grows more and more ill?

3. What is Greg’s dad doing to gross out Gretchen?

4. What parts of the body does leukemia attack?

5. What issue does Greg have when he tries to interview Denise for Rachel's documentary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Greg end up in the same hospital as Rachel?

2. What leads to Greg making a movie for Rachel?

3. Why is Greg avoiding applying for college?

4. How does Greg feel about watching his films with Rachel?

5. What are Plans A through D for Rachel’s film?

6. To what does Greg compare leukemia and Rachel?

7. How does Greg react to the soup he eats?

8. What do the boys learn is in Mr. McCarthy’s soup? How do they figure this out?

9. What does Greg learn about cancer while Rachel is in the hospital?

10. What decision do Denise and Rachel make that leaves Greg feeling like he does not know what to do?

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