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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. Why does Kim apologize to Kyle in Chapter 29?

2. How does Marley feel about her relationship with Kyle, as revealed in Chapter 24?

3. How does Sam explain Kyle’s emotional state in Chapter 28?

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

5. What does Kyle admit to himself at the end of Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kyle experience in Chapter 25?

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 information has Kim discovered in Chapter 38?

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

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

6. How does the real Marley in Chapter 36 differ from the one Kyle remembers?

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

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

9. How does Kim’s presence in Chapter 29 help explain some of Kyle’s experiences?

10. What happens to Marley in Chapter 43? How does Kyle react?

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

Discuss the influence Kyle’s mother has on his character and on the story as a whole.

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