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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 does Jessica confess to Kyro three days before the River Run?
(a) She is not going to do it.
(b) She is not ready.
(c) She has not been training.
(d) She thinks it is going to be easy.

2. Why does Jessica not go with the track team to their away meet in Part III?
(a) She does not want to see Gavin.
(b) She has too much homework.
(c) She is not ready to ride the bus yet.
(d) She does not like track anymore.

3. Why does Jessica grow suspicious about how Marla is going to spin the segment?
(a) The news crew will not stop following Rosa around.
(b) The news crew will not stop following her around.
(c) The news crew will not stop following Gavin around.
(d) The news crew will not stop following her family around.

4. Where does Jessica discover the photo that Gavin took at the fundraiser the next morning?
(a) Online.
(b) In her mailbox.
(c) In the local newspaper.
(d) On the local news channel.

5. Who spots Jessica running around her neighborhood pushing a wheelchair with something in it?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Gavin.
(c) Claudia Steele.
(d) Vanessa Steele.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dad ask Jessica for Lucy’s last name in Part IV?

2. What sport sessions does Jessica occasionally attend throughout the summer?

3. What grade does Jessica receive on the math test?

4. Who attends the track meet to talk with Jessica in Part IV?

5. What does Jessica wear to the fundraising event?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kyro say Jessica can thank him for raising the money for her running leg?

2. In what way does Rosa open Jessica’s eyes about the concept of the finish line?

3. Why does Jessica steer clear of Gavin the week after the article is published?

4. How does Jessica do on her big math test?

5. What does Jessica decide about herself when she completes the River Run?

6. What does Vanessa do after she trips over a hurdle during her event?

7. Why does Jessica feel proud of herself when she leaves Hank’s with her new leg?

8. Why does Jessica snap at Marla Sumner during an interview for another Channel 7 News segment?

9. Why does Jessica start running with a wheelchair full of plant soil?

10. Why do Jessica’s teammates urge her to wear her shorts?

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