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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. Jonah asks Steve to let him do what in Chapter 25?

2. What is the name of Will's sister?

3. What does Will's father show Ronnie when she stops by Will's house in Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 32, who offers to stay with Ronnie and Jonah until their father gets out of the hospital?

5. Who does Ronnie console at the hospital in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will reveal about the fire at Pastor Harris' church in Chapter 32? What is Ronnie's response?

2. What are Ronnie's impressions of Will's family in Chapter 19?

3. What deal do Ronnie and Will make in Chapter 23? Why?

4. What argument takes place between Ronnie and Kim in Chapter 33? What does Ronnie discover?

5. How does Ronnie feel upon departing the wedding in Chapter 26? What actions does she take?

6. Why is Scott pressuring Will in Chapter 18? Why does Will succumb to this pressure?

7. How does Ronnie react to the news of her father's prognosis in Chapter 31?

8. What do Ronnie and Will spend the day doing in Chapter 21? What do they talk about?

9. What causes the tension between Will and Ronnie in Chapter 29? What helps to ease the tension?

10. What does Will do in order to help Blaze in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the symbolism of the hatching turtles, and the impending departure of Will in Chapter 29. How are these two events related metaphorically? How is the extent of Steve's illness revealed in this chapter?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the internal and external conflicts in Chapter 26. Why does Marcus cause a fight at the wedding? What is the outcome? Why does Ronnie choose to end her relationship with Will in the chapter?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Will's character development in the novel. What does the reader learn about Will's friendship and obligation to Scott in Chapter 20? What does Ronnie, and by extension, the reader, learn in this chapter which illuminates the rationale behind Will's actions? What does Will think of Ronnie in comparison with his ex-girlfriend?

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