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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. According to Sam in Chapter 11, what must he and Kyle do?

2. What is the name of Kyle’s girlfriend, as revealed in Chapter 1?

3. What flowers does Kyle leave on Kim’s grave in Chapter 8?

4. What do Kyle and Marley have for lunch in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Kyle have his bedroom, as revealed in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Marley’s views on telling a story, as she explains in Chapter 13?

2. What does Kyle make for dinner in Chapter 14? What happens during his dinner with Marley?

3. What information does Kyle learn in Chapter 3? How does he learn this information?

4. Which of Marley’s stories does Kyle read in Chapter 17? How does he react?

5. Why does Kyle conclude about himself in Chapter 6? What brings him to this conclusion?

6. Where does Kyle go in Chapter 8? What does he bring with him, and what does he discover when he gets there? What does he realize as a result?

7. What is the significance of the charm bracelet Kyle wants to give Kim in Chapter 1?

8. What opportunity does Kyle pursue in Chapter 18? What opportunity does his mother give him?

9. What does Kyle admit to Sam in Chapter 16?

10. Why do Kyle and Sam argue in Chapter 12? What does Kyle realize about himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using the first-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a first-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the third person?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Sam. What does it mean to be a friend, according to Sam? How do the choices he makes reflect these values?

Essay Topic 3

Kyle experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same? By the novel’s end, is he better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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