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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. Ronnie, Jonah, Will, and Steve are talking when Steve has a coughing fit that causes what, in Chapter 29?
2. 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?
3. Who does Ronnie ask to take her home after the wedding in Chapter 26?
4. Where does Jonah depart to at the end of Chapter 34?
5. In Chapter 32, who offers to stay with Ronnie and Jonah until their father gets out of the hospital?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ronnie discuss with her father at the hospital in Chapter 33?
2. How has Ronnie's character arc developed by Chapter 21? What changes has she undergone?
3. Why is Scott pressuring Will in Chapter 18? Why does Will succumb to this pressure?
4. What concerns Will in the beginning of Chapter 23? What does he spend his time with Ronnie doing?
5. What internal conflicts and external obstacles does Ronnie face in Chapter 26?
6. How does Ronnie feel upon departing the wedding in Chapter 26? What actions does she take?
7. What plan does Marcus develop in Chapter 27? What is his objective?
8. How does Will perform in the volleyball tournament in Chapter 28? What distraction takes Will out of the game?
9. How does Ronnie react to the news of her father's prognosis in Chapter 31?
10. What does Will do in order to help Blaze in Chapter 28?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Define and identify irony in the novel. Why is it ironic that Ronnie and Will come to Blaze's rescue in Chapter 28? What are the different forms of irony in literature? How are each implemented in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Will's character development in the novel. What does the reader learn about Will's friendship and obligation to Scott in Chapter 20? What does Ronnie, and by extension, the reader, learn in this chapter which illuminates the rationale behind Will's actions? What does Will think of Ronnie in comparison with his ex-girlfriend?
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