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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. Before she leaves in Chapter 10, Ronnie hears her father playing some music she once played where?
2. What does Steve do as he waits up for Ronnie in Chapter 9?
3. Will's friend becomes upset when Will turns down a date with his ex-girlfriend in Chapter 5, because it means who will not go out then?
4. What in literature refers to the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
5. What gets spilled on Ronnie's shirt in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Steve do as he awaits the arrival of his children in Chapter 2? How does he feel about seeing them?
2. Where does Ronnie wish she were spending the summer in Chapter 1? What limitations prevent her from doing so?
3. What main characters are established in the Prologue? What is the protagonist preparing to do?
4. What happens when a police officer comes to take Ronnie home in Chapter 6?
5. What actions does Marcus take when Blaze and Ronnie are eating at a diner in Chapter 8?
6. What lesson in trust does Ronnie learn in Chapter 14?
7. How does the relationship between Will and Ronnie progress in Chapter 13? Where does he take her on their day together?
8. What confrontation does Ronnie have with Will in Chapter 13? What is Will's response?
9. What argument do Will and Scott get into in the beginning of Chapter 5? Why?
10. What is Ronnie's reaction to her father's lack of punishment for her arrest in Chapter 11? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the plot structure of the novel, identifying and discussing the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement. Where does the novel return to in Chapter 37? What is the effect of this return to the beginning on the reader? What peace does Steve make before dying?
Essay Topic 2
Identify and analyze the elements of religious allusion in the novel. What is the significance of Pastor Harris' church? How does Ronnie feel about Christianity and God? What amends does Steve hope to attain with God? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of Steve's window and the theme of forgiveness in the narrative. Why does Steve encourage Ronnie to forgive Will? What does the window represent metaphorically? How does the symbolism of the window tie into the theme of forgiveness in "The Last Song"?
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