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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Steve's ailment in the novel?
(a) Stomach cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Lymphoma.

2. In Chapter 23, Scott asks Will if he will start attending more practices before the big tournament that is coming up, which is the same weekend as the wedding for whom?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Kim.
(c) Megan.
(d) Steve.

3. Who does Ronnie ask to take her home after the wedding in Chapter 26?
(a) Will.
(b) Scott.
(c) Steve.
(d) Tom.

4. What draws a big crowd, causing Ronnie to be somewhat annoyed at having to share the moment in Chapter 29?
(a) The seals swim away.
(b) The otters are born.
(c) The gulls hatch.
(d) The turtle eggs hatch.

5. When considering the differences between Ronnie and his ex-girlfriend, Will concludes that Ronnie is more what, in Chapter 20?
(a) Practical.
(b) Substantial.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Menacing.

6. What does Ronnie feel Will's mother thinks of her in Chapter 19?
(a) She is jealous of her.
(b) She does not approve.
(c) She adores her.
(d) She likes her fine.

7. Who thinks about a party he plans to throw that night in a house he has broken into in Chapter 22?
(a) Will.
(b) Marcus.
(c) James.
(d) Mike.

8. What refers to the status of the character as it unfolds throughout the story?
(a) Character arc.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Deus ex machina.
(d) Protagonist.

9. Who actually set fire to Pastor Harris' church in the novel?
(a) Scott.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Will.
(d) Steve.

10. Jonah asks Steve to let him do what in Chapter 25?
(a) Go to his mother's.
(b) Live with him permanently.
(c) Spend the night at Will's.
(d) Stay with his aunt.

11. Who can Ronnie hear blaming her for the whole ordeal after the fight at the wedding in Chapter 26?
(a) Will's mother.
(b) Will.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Steve.

12. In Chapter 23, Will and Ronnie are spending more time with what, in order to protect them?
(a) The turtle eggs.
(b) The baby seals.
(c) The gull eggs.
(d) The eagle eggs.

13. In Chapter 25, Steve comes to the realization that walking the beach to find God as Pastor Harris often does will not work for him because Steve has found God where?
(a) In his children.
(b) In his wife.
(c) In his music.
(d) In his father.

14. Where does Jonah depart to at the end of Chapter 34?
(a) New York.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Boston.
(d) New Hampshire.

15. Ronnie regrets her choice to do what after hearing of her dad's prognosis in Chapter 31?
(a) Not speak for 3 years.
(b) Writing her mother.
(c) Calling the police.
(d) Getting arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists on staying with Ronnie and Jonah, sleeping on the couch, in Chapter 31?

2. After someone catches fire on the pier, Will decides there is no time to wait for what?

3. In Chapter 30, the narrator states that Steve learned when that he was dying?

4. Ronnie tells Will that what makes no difference to her in Chapter 20?

5. Will insists on going to his house to do what in Chapter 18?

(see the answer keys)

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