View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Ronnie has not spoken to her father in how long?

2. What do Steve and Jonah go to do at the beach in Chapter 11?

3. Who does Ronnie meet that seems somewhat frightening in his intensity and his sudden interest in her in Chapter 3?

4. Steve has gone out of his way to alter meals to accommodate what dietary conditions of Ronnie in the novel?

5. Marcus and his friends come in and start a fight with who over a secret they all share from the previous spring in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 wish she were spending the summer in Chapter 1? What limitations prevent her from doing so?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Will's family history. How does the wealth of Will's family differ from that of the other characters? How is Will's house described in the narrative? How does Ronnie interact with each of Will's parents? What causes her intimidation?

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 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,031 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample