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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. With which of the following does Chapter 3: "Four Laps" begin?

2. As which of the following does Isabella address Julia?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 24: "Batgirl & Boots" begin?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 22: "Your Own" begin?

5. With which of the following does Chapter 21: "Clearing Hurdles" begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do the United Nations call themselves by that name?

2. What advice does Shayla receive about running hurdles when she first begins to train for them?

3. Why does Shayla note liking lockers?

4. What suspicion does Shayla have of Isabella lending her her top?

5. Why does Shayla note liking Mrs. Alvarez?

6. How does Alex tease Shayla in the wake of the preseason meet?

7. Why does Shayla’s mother agree to host the sleepover despite the girls’ behavior?

8. What hope does Mr. Powell voice for his students?

9. When Alex is Commanded at lunch, what does he do?

10. Why does Shayla note liking to run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from concerns of racial tensions, what is the most important theme of A Good Kind of Trouble. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist of the novel is a young Black girl. How might the novel be different were its protagonist a young Hispanic girl? Why might it be different in those ways?

Essay Topic 3

What significance accrues to the relative lack of depictions of fatherhood in the novel? How does that significance emerge?

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