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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. What refers to a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

2. Who overhears and tells Ronnie's dad where she has gone in Chapter 5?

3. Ronnie calls Steve to pick her up where in Chapter 11?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What inconsistencies can be seen in Ronnie's feelings about her father between the Prologue and Chapter 1? What does this foreshadow?

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

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

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

5. What does Steve do with Jonah before Ronnie calls in Chapter 11? What is his response to her arrest?

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

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

8. What does Steve do as he awaits the arrival of his children in Chapter 2? How does he feel about seeing them?

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

10. What actions does Marcus take when Blaze and Ronnie are eating at a diner in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the internal and external conflicts in Chapter 26. Why does Marcus cause a fight at the wedding? What is the outcome? Why does Ronnie choose to end her relationship with Will in the chapter?

Essay Topic 2

Define and identify conflict in narrative literature and the novel. What is internal conflict and how does it differ from external conflict? What does Ronnie struggle with internally in the novel? How does this conflict drive her actions in Chapter 5?

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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