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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. Who comes up to Ronnie and tells her that Will is a serial dater in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 17, Ronnie wakes to find her father outside speaking with Pastor Harris and whom?

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

4. What is Blaze's real name in the novel?

5. In Chapter 14, Ronnie goes to watch Will play in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the party Ronnie attends in Chapter 10? What worries her about the events?

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

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

4. Where does Ronnie go in Chapter 3? What happens as she watches a volleyball game there?

5. What fight breaks out in Chapter 5? Who begins it and who ends it?

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

7. Where is Ronnie going to stay with her father in Chapter 1? How is Ronnie's relationship with her father described?

8. What does Steve contemplate as he waits for Ronnie in Chapter 9?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define and identify irony in the novel. Why is it ironic that Ronnie and Will come to Blaze's rescue in Chapter 28? What are the different forms of irony in literature? How are each implemented in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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