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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 admit to himself at the end of Chapter 34?

2. How much time has passed since the accident, as revealed in Chapter 24?

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

4. According to Kyle in Chapter 30, how was his relationship with Marley different from his relationship with Kim?

5. What has Lydia feared she would never hear again, as revealed in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. In Chapter 36, what does Kyle remember about his first encounter with Marley? How does he come to this realization?

5. What does Marley rescue in Chapter 19? What does this scene illustrate about Marley?

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

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

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

9. How does Kyle refine his search for Marley in Chapter 33? What does he discover?

10. What advice does Kim give Kyle in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining friendship from the perspective of Sam. What does it mean to be a friend, according to Sam? How do the choices he makes reflect these values?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the future has in store for Kyle after the close of the novel? Predict Kyle’s future based on his thoughts and actions over the course of the novel as well as the growth he experiences at the end.

Essay Topic 3

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

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