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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. How does Dr. Benefield describe the brain in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name on the business card Lydia hands to Kyle in Chapter 18?

3. What does Kyle vow to do at the end of Chapter 12?

4. What flowers mark the grave of Marley’s twin sister in Chapter 10?

5. What does Lydia remove in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the reader learn about Kyle’s football career in Chapter 1? What did Kyle do as a result?

7. What event does Kyle attend in Chapter 6? What happens there?

8. Why do Kyle and Sam argue in Chapter 15? What does Kyle realize about his friend?

9. Why does Kyle feel an overwhelming sense of guilt in Chapter 9? What does he vow to do?

10. What does Lydia help Kyle understand in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Appearances in All This Time can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Marley and Kim. How does each treat Kyle, and how does Kyle treat each? To what can the reader attribute such behavior? Support your answers with examples from the text.

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