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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gets spilled on Ronnie's shirt in Chapter 3?
(a) A beer.
(b) A milkshake.
(c) A wine-cooler.
(d) A Coke.

2. What is the main character of a literary narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve?
(a) Phalynx.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Antagonist.

3. What is taking place at the beach when Ronnie arrives in Chapter 3?
(a) A rock concert.
(b) A carnival.
(c) A protest.
(d) A swimsuit contest.

4. What refers to a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Exposition.

5. When Marcus hits on Ronnie in Chapter 3, she brushes him off and goes to join whom?
(a) Jonah.
(b) Blaze.
(c) Kim.
(d) Jessica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ronnie go looking for the next morning after the party in Chapter 10?

2. What do Will and his friend go to get at a snack bar as they debate their dates for the night in Chapter 5?

3. What is Ronnie's mother's name?

4. What does Ronnie tell her father she never wants to see or hear again in Chapter 10?

5. Who does Steve spend the day with in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Marcus' feelings for Ronnie described in Chapter 4? What actions does he take in the chapter?

2. How does the relationship between Will and Ronnie progress in Chapter 13? Where does he take her on their day together?

3. What foreshadowing is revealed in the Prologue? How is the end of the novel set up from this first opening?

4. Where does Ronnie wish she were spending the summer in Chapter 1? What limitations prevent her from doing so?

5. What does Ronnie do after leaving the volleyball game in Chapter 3? Who does she meet?

6. How has Steve's abandonment affected Ronnie? How is this seen in Chapter 1?

7. What is revealed about Blaze and her parents in Chapter 8? How does this relate to Ronnie's situation?

8. How does Steve feel about his daughter? What efforts does he make in order to ensure her happiness in the novel?

9. What is Ronnie's reaction to her father's lack of punishment for her arrest in Chapter 11? Why?

10. What attracts Ronnie to Blaze in the novel? What does this reveal about Ronnie's character?

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