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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. What does Kyle ask Sam in Chapter 28?

2. What is the subject of Kyle’s dream in Chapter 32?

3. Where does Kyle approach Marley in Chapter 40?

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

5. Who do Kyle and Marley see at the event they attend in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Kyle tell Marley in Chapter 40? How does she respond?

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

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

8. What does Kyle experience in Chapter 25?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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