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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. Why does Jessica not go with the track team to their away meet in Part III?
2. How does Jessica feel about the running leg when she first tries it out?
3. What new development in the fundraising efforts does Kyro announce the next day in Part IV?
4. What does Jessica tell Gavin when he asks if she can understand what Rosa is saying?
5. What news does Kyro break about the impact of Gavin’s article?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jessica get her running leg?
2. How does Jessica feel about her running leg the first few times she tries it?
3. What does Jessica say is the goal for taking Rosa on the River Run?
4. What does Jessica realize when Vanessa asks why she is at the track meet in the first place?
5. What does Merryl say to Jessica about Gavin that she finds very upsetting?
6. What does Jessica decide about herself when she completes the River Run?
7. Why does Jessica’s mom urge her to call Gavin the morning after the fundraising event?
8. Why is Jessica mad at her dad for talking about their financial issues with the Channel 7 News crew?
9. How does Kyro say Jessica can thank him for raising the money for her running leg?
10. Why does Jessica steer clear of Gavin the week after the article is published?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the running dream. What happens in the running dream, and how does its recurrence effect Jessica? How does the dream change throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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