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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 Kim in chapter 37, what is Kyle unable to do?

2. According to Catherine in Chapter 44, what is to blame for their current situation?

3. Who accidentally botches Kyle’s surprise for Kim in Chapter 41?

4. Where does Kyle try to go in Chapter 27?

5. Where does Kyle look for Marley at the end of Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kyle’s Halloween costume in Chapter 20? What does Marley wear? Why?

2. What event do Kyle and Marley attend in Chapter 21? How does this scene illustrate Kyle’s growth?

3. What does Sam refuse to do in Chapter 33? Why?

4. Why does Catherine visit Kyle in Chapter 42? What does she say to him?

5. What does Kyle give Marley when he encounters her in the gift shop in Chapter 37? How does she react?

6. Why do Sam and Kyle argue in Chapter 28?

7. What shocking event occurs in Chapter 26? How does Kyle react?

8. What information has Kim discovered in Chapter 38?

9. What does Kyle experience in Chapter 25?

10. What discovery about Marley does Kyle make at the end of Chapter 35? How does he make this discovery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kyle finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the novel and on the other characters.

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

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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