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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the painful sensation Jessica feels in her amputated leg?
(a) False pain.
(b) Phony pain.
(c) Fake pain.
(d) Phantom pain.

2. What does Jessica’s mom do when she realizes Jessica went up the stairs on her own?
(a) Does a dance.
(b) Calls the doctor.
(c) Calls her husband.
(d) Yells at Jessica.

3. What grade is Jessica in at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 12th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 12th.

4. What happens when Jessica is exercising Sherlock one morning in Part II?
(a) Sherlock bites her.
(b) She falls.
(c) Sherlock uses the bathroom.
(d) She hears someone running.

5. What is the name of the bridge that Jessica runs across in her dream?
(a) Agnes Bridge.
(b) Aggery Bridge.
(c) Alpine Bridge.
(d) Acme Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sherlock wake Jessica up in the morning in Part II?

2. What is Rosa and Jessica’s main form of communication during math?

3. What does Fiona ask Jessica’s first period teacher when Jessica first returns to school?

4. What happened to Lucy, who was also in the car accident?

5. What does Jessica tell Fiona in Part II when she asks her if she is coming back to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dad skeptical about the Help Jessica Run campaign?

2. What has the track team decided to do to help Jessica run again?

3. How does Jessica feel about the surprise party that the track team throws for her at lunch on her first day?

4. Why is Jessica happy that she gets to sit next to Rosa?

5. What revelation does Jessica have about her family’s financial situation?

6. For what reason does Jessica agree that she should at least try going back to school?

7. Why is Jessica’s science teacher, Mr. Vedder, concerned about how her parents are doing?

8. How does Jessica manage to get herself up the stairs?

9. Why does Jessica secretly wish that the roles between herself and Lucy had been reversed?

10. How does Vanessa Steele treat Jessica when she goes to cheer on Liberty at a home track meet?

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