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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 do Ellie and Stella drive?

2. What does Mila drive?

3. Where do Stella and Ellie's grandparents live?

4. In Chapter 1, how many miles a week has Stella been running?

5. How often does Mila FaceTime with her friend Naomi from Connecticut?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What actually happens during Longshot?

3. Why is Noah dating Ellie secretly?

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

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

6. Who asks Stella to go for a run with her in Chapter 10, and why does Stella go?

7. Why does Stella want to go to Georgetown?

8. What is the history of Ellacoya?

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

10. What does Mila tell Stella about her parents' divorce and their move?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Stella resents having Mila move to Edgewater. Why does Stella resent having Mila move to Edgewater? How does her attitude toward Mila change? What connection develops between them?

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