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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the Corrigan family stay at the Mayflower Hotel?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two months.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) Two and half weeks.

2. April has a specific reason for being upset about not going home on Friday. What is it?
(a) She will miss Steve's birthday.
(b) She will miss going shopping with Sherry.
(c) She will miss an important sporting event she's playing in.
(d) She will miss the prom.

3. A few days after arriving in Florida, April's parents have a huge fight. What about?
(a) Mr. Corrigan says they have to get rid of the car.
(b) Mrs. Corrigan wants a typewriter.
(c) Asking Mrs. Corrigan's mother to live with them.
(d) Putting April in a boarding school.

4. What is April's first impression of their new home in Florida?
(a) She thinks it smells like a locker room.
(b) She thinks it looks like a college dorm.
(c) She thinks it does not have indoor plumbing.
(d) She thinks it is fabulous.

5. Why did April say she suspects the maid at the door was actually a man?
(a) She was over six feet tall.
(b) She had a five o'clock shadow.
(c) She had a very deep voice.
(d) She was very broad-shouldered.

6. Within a few days of arriving in Florida, April has to get used to a big change. What is that?
(a) They move to a two-bedroom apartment.
(b) Her new high school.
(c) There are few teenagers in town.
(d) The family having a lot less money.

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

8. April finds out more information on what happened to her father the day after he phones her mother. How does this happen?
(a) Their grandmother calls.
(b) Jim buys a newspaper.
(c) They receive a letter from Mr. Corrigan.
(d) They see it on the televison news.

9. April picks up the phone and hears her mother talking to Max. What does she overhear?
(a) Max telling her mother that they are in danger for their lives.
(b) Them arranging to have her father call the next day.
(c) Max saying they will be back home in two days.
(d) Her mother crying.

10. Where did April meet her boyfriend Steve?
(a) At a barbeque.
(b) At a Christmas party.
(c) In English class.
(d) At a school meeting.

11. What is April's impression of her new house's yard the next morning?
(a) She doesn't like sharing it with the neighbors.
(b) She is pleasantly surprised.
(c) She thinks it lacks vegetation.
(d) It is okay.

12. What are the people that April sees behind the school doing?
(a) Playing handball.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Playing mah jong.
(d) Playing tennis.

13. On the Wednesday night at the Mayflower, Mrs. Corrigan gets a call from her husband. What does she tell April and Bram?
(a) They will never return home.
(b) They won't be going home on Friday.
(c) They won't be going home within a month.
(d) They won't be going home on the weekend.

14. After the confrontation about the phone, and everyone else is asleep, what does April do?
(a) Mails a letter to her grandmother.
(b) Mails a letter to Max.
(c) Maisl a letter to Steve.
(d) Mails a letter to her father.

15. When the family goes shopping in Grove City for the first time, what does April get her dad to buy for her?
(a) A lot of new clothes.
(b) A ghetto blaster.
(c) Some make up.
(d) A tennis racket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after the maid comes to the door, Mrs. Corrigan calls Max. Why?

2. What does April consider the "high-point" of the day at the Mayflower?

3. What is the name of the school on Orange Avenue?

4. Why doesn't April's grandmother want to join them in the witness protection program?

5. Max tells the family that they will probably be part of the Federal Witness Security Program. What is Mrs. Corrigan's reaction?

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