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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 is Gavin’s social status at school?

2. What does Jessica do in order to take a shower in Part II?

3. What does Jessica tell Kaylee to do for her when she pays a proper visit?

4. How does seeing Chloe walk around easily with her prosthetic leg make Jessica feel?

5. What does Jessica’s mom do when she realizes Jessica went up the stairs on her own?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jessica feel overwhelmed being in the hospital after her surgery?

2. What is Jessica most frustrated about right after her surgery?

3. How does Jessica react to the running videos that Kyro shows her?

4. Why does Jessica tell her mom that she does not need to stay overnight with her at the hospital?

5. Why does Jessica feel emotional when her dad pulls into their driveway for the first time since the accident?

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

7. What is the significance of Jessica’s first running dream?

8. Why does Jessica call her mother after she leaves with Fiona to go to lunch?

9. What does meeting Chloe make Jessica realize?

10. Why is Jessica upset after her leg surgery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Jessica’s sense of self-worth changes and develops throughout the novel. Explore how her warped beliefs about her ability to live a happy and normal life shifts and the impact of her change in attitude.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze the various uses of symbolism the author uses in the novel, and explore how they strengthen the novel’s most prominent themes (such as perseverance or self-acceptance).

Essay Topic 3

Jessica experiences a significant physical change at the beginning of the novel. In what ways do the physical changes she experiences correlate with her emotional and mental state?

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