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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. Ronnie learns that who is Will's ex-girlfriend in Chapter 14?

2. Who does Ronnie meet that seems somewhat frightening in his intensity and his sudden interest in her in Chapter 3?

3. What refers to a broad idea, message, or moral of a story in literature?

4. Will approaches Ronnie on the beach in Chapter 12, and says he is there working as a volunteer for what?

5. Ronnie tells Blaze about what problems in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson in trust does Ronnie learn in Chapter 14?

2. How does Steve feel about his daughter? What efforts does he make in order to ensure her happiness in the novel?

3. Where does Ronnie have an encounter with Blaze in Chapter 10? What happens as a result?

4. What happens when a police officer comes to take Ronnie home in Chapter 6?

5. What attracts Ronnie to Blaze in the novel? What does this reveal about Ronnie's character?

6. Where is Ronnie going to stay with her father in Chapter 1? How is Ronnie's relationship with her father described?

7. What is Ronnie's reaction to her father's lack of punishment for her arrest in Chapter 11? Why?

8. What foreshadowing is revealed in the Prologue? How is the end of the novel set up from this first opening?

9. What actions does Marcus take when Blaze and Ronnie are eating at a diner in Chapter 8?

10. Where does Ronnie wake up in Chapter 12? Who approaches her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and analyze the elements of religious allusion in the novel. What is the significance of Pastor Harris' church? How does Ronnie feel about Christianity and God? What amends does Steve hope to attain with God? Why?

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

Define and identify irony in the novel. Why is it ironic that Ronnie and Will come to Blaze's rescue in Chapter 28? What are the different forms of irony in literature? How are each implemented in the novel?

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