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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 color friendship bracelet did Noah give Ellie in July?

2. When did Stella meet the recruiter for the Georgetown cross country team?

3. How many of the hotel rooms at Ellacoya cost more than $500 a night?

4. Who are the co-captains on the Edgewater team?

5. How many runners in each state received lilac Nikes from the Nike company last year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mila compare the scene at Foxfire Point to?

2. What happened after Ellie yelled at Noah on the party bus after Homecoming?

3. Why does Ellie fall during a run in Chapter 7?

4. Who is Mila Keene, and why is she at Edgewater?

5. What does Julia tell Stella right before Longshot?

6. What does Ellie remember about getting pregnant?

7. How did Ellie's friendship with Bethany end?

8. In Chapter 3, who is sitting in the bleachers for practice and why?

9. Why does Stella want to go to Georgetown?

10. What did Stella have to do to stay on the track team after an incident with Allison Tarley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ellie believes that the world breaks little girls. Why does Ellie think the world breaks little girls? Why does she believe world encourages boys but tries to stomp out girls’ will, joy, and curiosity?

Essay Topic 2

The Steckler family refers to a time when the girls were young as the Dark Years. What was happening during those years? Why does the family refer to those years as the Dark Years? How did those years affect relationships between family members?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in They'll Never Catch Us? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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