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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. Which hospital employee appears to be Marley’s mother, as revealed in Chapter 35?

2. What does Sam refuse to do in Chapter 33?

3. What does Kyle realize about himself in Chapter 22?

4. What does Georgia chase into the street in Chapter 43?

5. Where does Kyle discover the flowers from Laura’s grave in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Georgia, and where do Kyle and Marley find her in Chapter 23?

2. According to Marley in Chapter 44, what did she have to do before returning to Kyle? What does she say will happen next?

3. What happens to Kyle’s search for Marley in Chapter 34?

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

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

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

7. What shocking information does Kyle learn in Chapter 27? How does Dr. Benefield explain Kyle’s experiences?

8. What happens to Kyle at the end of Chapter 24?

9. How does Kyle compare his relationships with Kim and Marley in Chapter 30?

10. What does Kyle experience in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Kyle’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways does he see the world around him clearly? In what ways does he lack understanding?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of grief in All This Time.

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