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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. Marcus and his friends steal all of whose food in Chapter 8?

2. What is the main character of a literary narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve?

3. In Chapter 10, at the party, Marcus makes a point of making it appear that Ronnie is what?

4. Will takes Ronnie to the aquarium to see what in Chapter 13?

5. In the Prologue, Ronnie thinks of when it all began and shows her mother a news article about what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What argument do Will and Scott get into in the beginning of Chapter 5? Why?

5. What confrontation does Ronnie have with Will in Chapter 13? What is Will's response?

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

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

8. Where does Ronnie have an encounter with Blaze in Chapter 10? What happens as a result?

9. Where does Ronnie wake up in Chapter 12? Who approaches her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the relationship between Marcus and Blaze in "The Last Song". How did Blaze and Marcus meet? In what ways does Marcus appear to use Blaze? What is foreshadowed by Marcus' obvious interest in Ronnie?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of Steve's cancer on his family. Why did Steve choose to hide his illness? What are Ronnie's and Jonah's reactions upon hearing their father is dying? What kind of cancer does Steve have? Where has the cancer spread? Why are there no treatment options to help Steve?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Ronnie's history as a piano prodigy. How is music something shared by Ronnie and her father? What does music represent to Ronnie? How is it symbolic that Ronnie is set up for stealing music from the music store?

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