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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. In Chapter 5, what color dress is Ellie wearing?

2. How old was Stella when her mother told her that everyone hates themselves a little?

3. Who hosted the cross country after party when Stella was a freshman?

4. In Chapter 8, what is Ellie drinking on the party bus?

5. Where does Stella remember that her family was living when she was five?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellie remember about getting pregnant?

2. Why did the media refer to Edgewater as Deadwater?

3. What actually happens during Longshot?

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

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

6. What does Ellie remember about the Dark Years?

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

8. What is Longshot supposed to be?

9. Why do Stella and Mila have the same pair of Nike shoes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Detective Parker does not like Stella. Why does Detective Parker not like Stella? Does he seem to have a grudge against her? Does he seem to be trying to get revenge?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The author uses backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about events that happened before the story begins or reveal information about events. How does the author use backstories, exposition, and flashbacks to reveal information about the past?

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