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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. Jonah asks Steve to let him do what in Chapter 25?

2. What does Will do when he finds Marcus and his friends in the end of Chapter 28?

3. Will and Scott are playing the final game for the championship when Will sees who catch fire in Chapter 28?

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

5. Who insists on staying with Ronnie and Jonah, sleeping on the couch, in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What internal conflicts and external obstacles does Ronnie face in Chapter 26?

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

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

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

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

9. What revelations does Steve have in Chapter 25 regarding his children?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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