I was the fastest girl in America...

Mary Cain joined Nike because...

• she wanted to make money

• did not want to go to school

• wanted to become the absolute best at her sport

• because she loved the brand

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Before joining Nike, Mary was...

• a mediocre athlete

• not at all performing well

• already the best in the US in her age group

• already world record holder

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How old was Mary when she joined Nike?

• 12 years

• 16 years

• 20 years

• 24 years

When she got to Nike, she realized that the team consisted of...

• Alberto and his friends

• doctors, nutritionists, physiotherapists

• other atheletes

• Alberto alone

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CCSS.RI.6.3

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What seemed to be the main concern of the trainer?

• the fastest time

• the weight of the athletes

• the physical strength of the athletes

• how good the athletes looked

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"Then everything collapsed."

What can collapse? Select all correct options below.

• a building

• two points in space

• a house of cards

• somebody's career

• a pair of shoes

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"Cain became yet another standout young athlete who got beaten down by a win-at-all-costs culture."

What is the meaning of standout in the above sentence?

• fighting injustice

• being better than the rest

• being a difficult person

• being dumped by Nike

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"Girls like Cain become damaged goods and fade away."

• they die

• we don't hear from them again

• they go and hide from public eye

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Figure skater Gracie Gold was a prodigy considered talented enough to win a gold medal at the next Olympics. Gold got caught in a system where she was compelled to become thinner and thinner. Gold developed disordered eating to the point of imagining taking her life.

• This is very different from Mary Cain's story

• This is somewhat similar to Mary Cain's story

• This is almost exactly the same as Mary Cain's story.

• Impossible to compare this case with Mary Cain's.

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"We fetishize the rising athletes, but we don’t protect them."

• use them for making money

• don't consider them as human beings

• criticize

• support

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