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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. What is the name of Will's father in "The Last Song"?

2. In Chapter 26, Ronnie tracks down Blaze and finds out that Blaze's mother has done what?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. What does Will do in order to help Blaze in Chapter 28?

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

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

9. What does Will do after leaving the hospital in Chapter 28? What confrontations does he have?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Ronnie. How old is Ronnie as the novel begins? Where is she going, and how does she feel about her father? What is Ronnie's history in New York, and what legal problems does she have there?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the symbolism of the hatching turtles, and the impending departure of Will in Chapter 29. How are these two events related metaphorically? How is the extent of Steve's illness revealed in this chapter?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the rising action of the novel. When does the novel shift from exposition to an active plot? What new conflicts does Ronnie face in the reading? Also, discuss Scott's actions in Chapters 23 and 24 and the importance of the volleyball tournament. What does Scott want to get out of the tournament and why does he need Will's assistance?

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