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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. Who has been placing blue tulips on Kim’s grave, as revealed in Chapter 16?

2. What is starting to decrease in Kyle at the start of Chapter 16?

3. According to Marley in Chapter 16, what did she lose when her sister died?

4. Whose phone acts in a disturbing manner in Chapter 11?

5. What college is Kyle’s girlfriend going attend, much to his surprise in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Kyle prepare for his second dinner date with Marley in Chapter 17? How does Marley react?

5. Whom does Kyle meet in Chapter 8? What does he learn about this individual?

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

7. What agreement do Kyle and Marley make in Chapter 16?

8. What advice does Lydia give Kyle in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

Discuss the characters of Lydia, Sam, and Dr. Benefield. How do these characters attempt to help Kyle? How do they unwittingly hinder him? How do they further develop the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Kyle’s journey toward self-discovery. How does it ebb and flow? How does he make progress and how does he fall behind?

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