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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. What does Jessica tell Gavin when he asks if she can understand what Rosa is saying?

2. What does Jessica start in Part V doing with her mom’s permission?

3. What does Jessica do in Part IV when she takes Sherlock for a walk for the first time?

4. What does the constant fanfare around the River Run do for Jessica?

5. Why does Jessica grow suspicious about how Marla is going to spin the segment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jessica’s mom urge her to call Gavin the morning after the fundraising event?

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

4. What helps Jessica push through the full ten-mile River Run?

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

6. What does Jessica tell Ms. Rucker when she asks if she is going to move back to her old seat?

7. Why is Jessica wary about wearing her track uniform to the fundraising event?

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

9. Why does Jessica feel guilty when he dad explains why he had to explain their personal business to Marla Sumner?

10. Why is Dad impressed when he drops Jessica off at the fundraising event?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze the friendship that develops between Rosa and Jessica. What is the nature of their relationship at the beginning of the novel, and how does it grow throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Rosa tells Jessica that a finish line is a place of both starting and finishing something. Analyze how the author utilizes and develops this concept through Jessica and the events that take place in her life.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Jessica’s insecurities that develop after her surgery. What insecurities does she have after she loses a leg, and how does she challenge and grow from them?

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