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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. 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?

2. In Chapter 33, Ronnie gets her father to admit to her that he played the piano for what reason?

3. In Chapter 30, the narrator states that Steve learned when that he was dying?

4. What do Ronnie and Will find Jonah doing in the work shed in Chapter 32?

5. Where does Ronnie invite Will to dinner in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When does the narrator say Steve learned he was dying in Chapter 30? How did he choose to live his final moments?

4. What do Ronnie and Will spend the day doing in Chapter 21? What do they talk about?

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

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

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

8. Why is Scott pressuring Will in Chapter 18? Why does Will succumb to this pressure?

9. How does Will perform in the volleyball tournament in Chapter 28? What distraction takes Will out of the game?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of Steve's window and the theme of forgiveness in the narrative. Why does Steve encourage Ronnie to forgive Will? What does the window represent metaphorically? How does the symbolism of the window tie into the theme of forgiveness in "The Last Song"?

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