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

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

3. What is the cause of Steve's ailment in the novel?

4. Where does Ronnie tell Will she's been offered a place to study in Chapter 21?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the developing relationship between Ronnie and Will in the narrative. How compatible are Ronnie and Will as a couple? What similarities do they share in temperament and in interests? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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