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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 does Ronnie ask to take her home after the wedding in Chapter 26?
2. What do Will and Ronnie spend a night hunting in Chapter 23?
3. Who arrives at the hospital as Ronnie is visiting her father in Chapter 33?
4. In Chapter 25, Steve comes to the realization that walking the beach to find God as Pastor Harris often does will not work for him because Steve has found God where?
5. What draws a big crowd, causing Ronnie to be somewhat annoyed at having to share the moment in Chapter 29?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has Ronnie's character arc developed by Chapter 21? What changes has she undergone?
2. How does Ronnie react to the news of her father's prognosis in Chapter 31?
3. What deal do Ronnie and Will make in Chapter 23? Why?
4. Who comes to the aid of Ronnie and Jonah while their father is in the hospital in Chapter 31? How?
5. How does Will perform in the volleyball tournament in Chapter 28? What distraction takes Will out of the game?
6. What interaction does Ronnie have with Blaze in Chapter 26? What concerns Ronnie?
7. When does the narrator say Steve learned he was dying in Chapter 30? How did he choose to live his final moments?
8. What are Ronnie's impressions of Will's family in Chapter 19?
9. What argument takes place between Ronnie and Kim in Chapter 33? What does Ronnie discover?
10. Why is Scott pressuring Will in Chapter 18? Why does Will succumb to this pressure?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Describe the setting of coastal North Carolina, and discuss and analyze the characters of Blaze, Marcus and Will in the narrative. How does Ronnie meet these characters? What are Ronnie's first impressions of each character?
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