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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 discover was the cause for her parents' divorce in Chapter 33?

2. Who arrives at the hospital as Ronnie is visiting her father in Chapter 33?

3. When Will takes Ronnie home, they take a look at her dad's what, in Chapter 23?

4. What do Will and Ronnie spend a night hunting in Chapter 23?

5. What does Ronnie offer Blaze before leaving her in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Ronnie's impressions of Will's family in Chapter 19?

2. What does Ronnie discuss with her father at the hospital in Chapter 33?

3. What does Will come to appreciate about Ronnie in Chapter 20?

4. What deal do Ronnie and Will make in Chapter 23? Why?

5. How does Ronnie feel upon departing the wedding in Chapter 26? What actions does she take?

6. Who comes to the aid of Ronnie and Jonah while their father is in the hospital in Chapter 31? How?

7. What revelations does Steve have in Chapter 25 regarding his children?

8. Why does Ronnie refuse Will's offer to stay in Chapter 32? What do they discover Jonah doing?

9. How does Ronnie react to the news of her father's prognosis in Chapter 31?

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

Discuss the theme of trust in the novel. How does Ronnie's distrust give way to trust, and what does this mean regarding her character arc? What moral lesson in trust does Ronnie learn through the character of Ashley? How does Will serve to develop Ronnie's trust?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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