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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 kind of shirt does Ronnie buy to cover her stained one in Chapter 3?

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

3. What is the name of Will's ex-girlfriend in the novel?

4. What does Ronnie begin to do when she arrives home in Chapter 14?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What main characters are established in the Prologue? What is the protagonist preparing to do?

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

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

10. How is the relationship between Blaze and Marcus defined in the novel? What is unhealthy about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the developing relationship between Ronnie and Will in the narrative. How compatible are Ronnie and Will as a couple? What similarities do they share in temperament and in interests? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 2

Identify and analyze the rising action of the novel. When does the novel shift from exposition to an active plot? What new conflicts does Ronnie face in the reading? Also, discuss Scott's actions in Chapters 23 and 24 and the importance of the volleyball tournament. What does Scott want to get out of the tournament and why does he need Will's assistance?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the narrative voice in "The Last Song" and the element of foreshadowing in the Prologue. What does the reader know from the beginning? From whose perspective is the story related? Is the point of view omniscient or limited? What impact does this style have on the reader?

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