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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 Rosa tell Jessica to come to her house that evening in Part IV?
2. What does Jessica do at the next visit to Hank’s, in Part III?
3. Why does Dad ask Jessica for Lucy’s last name in Part IV?
4. What does Jessica do some mornings after her exercise in Part V?
5. What does Jessica tell Gavin she was thinking about doing for Rosa?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Jessica mad at her dad for talking about their financial issues with the Channel 7 News crew?
2. How does Jessica feel about her running leg the first few times she tries it?
3. Why does Jessica’s mom urge her to call Gavin the morning after the fundraising event?
4. How does Jessica do on her big math test?
5. Why does Jessica steer clear of Gavin the week after the article is published?
6. Why does Jessica start running with a wheelchair full of plant soil?
7. Why does Jessica feel proud of herself when she leaves Hank’s with her new leg?
8. Why does Jessica feel guilty when he dad explains why he had to explain their personal business to Marla Sumner?
9. What does Jessica realize when Vanessa asks why she is at the track meet in the first place?
10. What does Jessica decide about herself when she completes the River Run?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Toward the end of the River Run Jessica decides that the only thing that will get her to the finish line is to take each mile “one by one by one” (328). Explore how the author utilizes the idea that progress takes patience and mindfulness through the characters.
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 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?
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