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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 have his bedroom, as revealed in Chapter 4?

2. What game does Kyle watch in Chapter 6?

3. According to Marley in Chapter 13, what is essential to telling a story?

4. Of what does Sam accuse Kyle in Chapter 12?

5. What sorts of stories does Marley refuse to tell, as she explains in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kyle prepare for his second dinner date with Marley in Chapter 17? How does Marley react?

2. Why does Kyle conclude about himself in Chapter 6? What brings him to this conclusion?

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

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

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

6. What event does Kyle attend in Chapter 6? What happens there?

7. Why do Kyle and Sam argue in Chapter 15? What does Kyle realize about his friend?

8. What information does Kyle learn in Chapter 3? How does he learn this information?

9. What happens when Kyle arrives home in Chapter 4? What does he discover?

10. What post-graduation plans does Kyle have? How are these plans upended in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of Georgia to the novel. Despite the fact that she does not play a major role in the novel, she has a powerful impact on Kyle, Marley, and their path toward healing. Discuss the impact of Georgia on Kyle and Marley as well as on the novel’s plot and themes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kyle’s journey toward self-discovery. How does it ebb and flow? How does he make progress and how does he fall behind?

Essay Topic 3

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

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