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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. Who spots Jessica running around her neighborhood pushing a wheelchair with something in it?
2. Who shows up to the car wash and makes Jessica feel embarrassed for exposing her leg?
3. What footage does Marla include in the news segment that airs in Part V?
4. What message does Lucy’s mom tell Jessica to deliver to her dad?
5. Where do Fiona and Jessica get summer jobs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jessica start running with a wheelchair full of plant soil?
2. How does Kyro say Jessica can thank him for raising the money for her running leg?
3. What does Jessica realize when Vanessa asks why she is at the track meet in the first place?
4. Why does Jessica feel proud of herself when she leaves Hank’s with her new leg?
5. Why is Jessica wary about wearing her track uniform to the fundraising event?
6. Why does Jessica steer clear of Gavin the week after the article is published?
7. Why does Jessica’s mom urge her to call Gavin the morning after the fundraising event?
8. In what way does Rosa open Jessica’s eyes about the concept of the finish line?
9. Why does Jessica snap at Marla Sumner during an interview for another Channel 7 News segment?
10. What does Merryl say to Jessica about Gavin that she finds very upsetting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the relationship between Jessica and Gavin. How does their dynamic change throughout the novel, and what does their relationship teach Jessica in the end?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Rosa tells Jessica that she wishes that people would see her for who she is, not her condition. What effect does this have on Jessica, and to what extremes does she go to to make sure people see Rosa for who she is?
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