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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 is the name of the novel’s protagonist?

2. In Chapter 14, Marley flees rather than meet which person?

3. Where does Kyle experience a vision of Kim in Chapter 12?

4. What is the name of the neurosurgeon treating Kyle in Chapter 2?

5. What is the name of Kyle’s best friend, as revealed in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What odd occurrence does Kyle experience in Chapter 11?

9. What happens when Kyle goes for a walk in Chapter 4? How does he react?

10. What information does Kyle learn about Marley in Chapter 10? Why does she refuse to give further details about this event?

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

How is All This Time a coming-of-age novel? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the future has in store for Kyle after the close of the novel? Predict Kyle’s future based on his thoughts and actions over the course of the novel as well as the growth he experiences at the end.

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