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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. Where does Ronnie invite Will to dinner in Chapter 18?

2. Who does Will go and ask a favor from after Ronnie ends their relationship in Chapter 32?

3. What game does Will play with Ronnie's family in Chapter 19?

4. Will's father owns what establishment in the town?

5. When Will takes Ronnie home, they take a look at her dad's what, in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Ronnie react to the news of her father's prognosis in Chapter 31?

7. What plan does Marcus develop in Chapter 27? What is his objective?

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

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

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

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

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 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?

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