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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 Fiona take Jessica for lunch on Jessica's first day back at school?

2. What happens when Jessica has trouble getting into her dad’s van?

3. What do Kyro and Fiona show Jessica in Part III?

4. What does Jessica ask Kyro about?

5. What does Jessica want to do before she goes out for the first time since returning from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jessica manage to get herself up the stairs?

2. How does Jessica react to the running videos that Kyro shows her?

3. Why does Jessica feel silly about not taking up Rosa’s offer to help her with math homework?

4. Why is Jessica mad at Dr. Wells when he tells her she is recovering beautifully?

5. Why does Jessica secretly wish that the roles between herself and Lucy had been reversed?

6. How does Vanessa Steele treat Jessica when she goes to cheer on Liberty at a home track meet?

7. What does Jessica realize about why she has always chosen to ignore Rosa?

8. Why is Jessica upset after her leg surgery?

9. Why does Jessica feel emotional when her dad pulls into their driveway for the first time since the accident?

10. What has the track team decided to do to help Jessica run again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story is told entirely from Jessica’s perspective. Examine the author’s choice to tell the story from Jessica’s point of view. How does this choice affect the plot and the way readers connect with it?

Essay Topic 2

Toward the middle of the novel Jessica meets Chloe, Hank’s secretary and a fellow BK amputee. Jessica also discovers videos online of amputees running track. How do these experiences help Jessica, and what does she learn from them?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the novel’s theme of self-acceptance. Why is it difficult for Jessica to accept herself post-surgery, and how does she demonstrate improvement in this respect throughout the novel?

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