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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. Where does Kyle encounter Marley in Chapter 37?

2. What realization does Kyle have regarding Marley in Chapter 28?

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

4. For what are Kyle and Lydia shopping at the start of Chapter 19?

5. Where does Kyle approach Marley in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Kyle apologize to Catherine in Chapter 44? Why does she reject his apology?

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

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

5. Who is Dr. Ronson and what does he tell Kyle in Chapter 30?

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

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

8. What does Sam announce in Chapter 22? How does Kyle react?

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

10. What does Kyle experience in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Kim? Marley? Kyle himself? What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist in All This Time.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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