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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the family's reaction after seeing their new house?
(a) They can't believe it.
(b) They cry.
(c) They laugh hysterically.
(d) They say they'll make the best of it.

2. What lie does April tell Kim and Larry?
(a) That she is from Durham, NC.
(b) That she is from Atlanta, GA.
(c) That she is from Washington, DC.
(d) That she is from New York City.

3. What does her mother tell April at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) April's dad has left the family.
(b) April's dad has been working with the FBI.
(c) April's dad has a severe drug problem.
(d) April's dad is near death.

4. What happens to Bram in Sarasota?
(a) He gets fitted for contact lenses.
(b) He has his hair dyed blonde.
(c) He is enrolled in a private school.
(d) He gets new braces.

5. After Jim leaves to arrange a way to break the monotony, April feels guilty. Why?
(a) She feels she has been really childish lately.
(b) She said awful things about Jim in the letter she mailed.
(c) She feels she should tell him about mailing the letter.
(d) She called Jim some horrible names over the issue of the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is April's reaction to being taken away from her home?

2. Max Barber, an old friend of her father's, is at the house when April got home. What does Max do for a living?

3. What does April think is the hardest thing for all of the family at the Mayfower?

4. Why is April surprised to see her grandmother at Springside Academy?

5. What is April's impression of her new house's yard the next morning?

(see the answer key)

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