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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. In Chapter 29, the week is tense for Ronnie and Will because it is nearly time for Will to do what?

2. Who does Jonah give all of the money from his piggy bank to in Chapter 26?

3. When considering the differences between Ronnie and his ex-girlfriend, Will concludes that Ronnie is more what, in Chapter 20?

4. What refers to the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen?

5. Who saved Will and his mother in a car accident many years earlier in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What deal do Ronnie and Will make in Chapter 23? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symbolism of Steve's window and the theme of forgiveness in the narrative. Why does Steve encourage Ronnie to forgive Will? What does the window represent metaphorically? How does the symbolism of the window tie into the theme of forgiveness in "The Last Song"?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the characters of Steve and Jonah in the novel. How old is Jonah? What is his reaction upon seeing his father? How old were Jonah and Ronnie when their father abandoned the family? How did the abandonment affect Ronnie and Jonah differently and why?

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