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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 younger brother who died in a car accident?

2. Who wins the game that Ronnie's family plays with Will in Chapter 20?

3. In Chapter 31, Ronnie cannot sleep and she spends most of the night looking through what?

4. Who comes and asks Ronnie to rethink her decision to end her relationship with Will at the end of Chapter 26?

5. Scott is very angry with Will for what, in the end of Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ronnie feel upon departing the wedding in Chapter 26? What actions does she take?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the internal and external conflicts in Chapter 26. Why does Marcus cause a fight at the wedding? What is the outcome? Why does Ronnie choose to end her relationship with Will in the chapter?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the relationship between Marcus and Blaze in "The Last Song". How did Blaze and Marcus meet? In what ways does Marcus appear to use Blaze? What is foreshadowed by Marcus' obvious interest in Ronnie?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of trust in the novel. How does Ronnie's distrust give way to trust, and what does this mean regarding her character arc? What moral lesson in trust does Ronnie learn through the character of Ashley? How does Will serve to develop Ronnie's trust?

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