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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ronnie and Will find Jonah doing in the work shed in Chapter 32?
(a) Writing to his father.
(b) Trying to finish the sculpture.
(c) Trying to finish the window.
(d) Building an airplane.

2. How many fireballs does Marcus have Blaze make in Chapter 27?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

3. In Chapter 29, the week is tense for Ronnie and Will because it is nearly time for Will to do what?
(a) Leave for France.
(b) Join the Army.
(c) Get married.
(d) Leave for college.

4. Who does Will get into a fight with in Chapter 26?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Scott.
(c) Steve.
(d) Mike.

5. Ronnie worries about what to wear to whose wedding in Chapter 26?
(a) Kim's.
(b) Steve's.
(c) Megan's.
(d) Sarah's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What draws a big crowd, causing Ronnie to be somewhat annoyed at having to share the moment in Chapter 29?

2. What refers to a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions?

3. Who actually set fire to Pastor Harris' church in the novel?

4. Where does Will intend to go to college in the novel?

5. In Chapter 18, Scott complains to Will that he is spending more time with Ronnie than doing what?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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