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. What refers to the status of the character as it unfolds throughout the story?

2. Where does Will intend to go to college in the novel?

3. What has Marcus decided to do in Chapter 27?

4. Ronnie worries about what to wear to whose wedding in Chapter 26?

5. Who does Will get into a fight with in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes the tension between Will and Ronnie in Chapter 29? What helps to ease the tension?

3. How has Ronnie's character arc developed by Chapter 21? What changes has she undergone?

4. What does Will reveal about the fire at Pastor Harris' church in Chapter 32? What is Ronnie's response?

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

6. What plan does Marcus develop in Chapter 27? What is his objective?

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

8. What confrontation does Scott have with Will in Chapter 18? How does Ronnie interrupt the conversation?

9. What interaction does Ronnie have with Blaze in Chapter 26? What concerns Ronnie?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the relationship between Marcus and Blaze in "The Last Song". How did Blaze and Marcus meet? In what ways does Marcus appear to use Blaze? What is foreshadowed by Marcus' obvious interest in Ronnie?

Essay Topic 2

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 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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 898 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample