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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 joins Ronnie and tells Ronnie how much this visit from her and Jonah has meant to their father in Chapter 31?

2. Who can Ronnie hear blaming her for the whole ordeal after the fight at the wedding in Chapter 26?

3. Who does Ronnie ask to take her home after the wedding in Chapter 26?

4. What draws a big crowd, causing Ronnie to be somewhat annoyed at having to share the moment in Chapter 29?

5. Who does Will go and ask a favor from after Ronnie ends their relationship in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What concerns Will in the beginning of Chapter 23? What does he spend his time with Ronnie doing?

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

8. What argument takes place between Ronnie and Kim in Chapter 33? What does Ronnie discover?

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

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

Discuss childhood development and emotional detachment as they apply to the novel. How are Steve's parents described in the narrative, and what effect did they have on him? What did Steve struggle with in his marriage to Kim? How is childhood development and detachment applicable to Ronnie and Jonah?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the plot structure of the novel, identifying and discussing the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement. Where does the novel return to in Chapter 37? What is the effect of this return to the beginning on the reader? What peace does Steve make before dying?

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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