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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is April thinking when she looks at her mother on the plane?
(a) She thinks she looks like a stranger.
(b) She realizes she only has her family now.
(c) She is angry at her mother for what is happening.
(d) She is hoping her mother will be able to write again.

2. What has April just celebrated at the beginning of the novel?
(a) The first anniversary of dating her boyfriend.
(b) Her boyfriend's birthday.
(c) Her seventeenth birthday.
(d) Her winning a sports championship.

3. What trait does Bram have that the U.S. Marshals Service decide must be disguised?
(a) He has bright red hair.
(b) He wears two hearing aids.
(c) He has one blue eye and one brown eye.
(d) He lost his eyebrows and eyelashes due to illness.

4. What does April's friend Sherry call April's room?
(a) The Princess Place.
(b) Norwood Neverland.
(c) The Princess Room.
(d) Princess April's Chamber.

5. What does Larry ask April to do after they play tennis for the first time?
(a) To introduce him to her family.
(b) To go to church with him on Sunday.
(c) To play again tomorrow.
(d) To join him at the club that night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children are in the Corrigan family?

2. The FBI agents want April's father to nail his boss. Who is his boss?

3. April picks up the phone and hears her mother talking to Max. What does she overhear?

4. What advice does Tom Geist give the family about their social life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The first night at the house in Grove City, April has a nightmare. What is it about?

2. Very quickly, the Corrigans are on their way to the Richmond airport to relocate to Florida. Mrs. Corrigan travels with April and Mr. Corrigan with Bram. April finds herself sharing a seat with someone. Who is it and what does April tell her?

3. The family is visited by their U.S. Marshal Florida contact, Tom Geist. He tells them they have to learn to blend in in Grove City. What is one example that he talks about?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Max tell April and Lorelei that sets in motion the events that follow?

5. After they arrive at the Mayflower, what restrictions does Jim put on the Corrigans?

6. A few days after April's anger at Jim, she starts to feel guilty about how she spoke to him. He suggests a truce -- and tells her she is acting dumb but she is not stupid. What is one reason April decided to apologize?

7. After a while at the Mayflower, April realizes she will miss Steve's graduation and she has a tantrum. What does Jim tell her and how does she react?

8. April goes behind the building because she hears a familiar sound. What is it and who does she meet there? What does April do?

9. April eavesdrops on a phone conversation Jim is having with Max. What does she overhear?

10. The book begins with: "(T)he world as we knew it ended for us on a Tuesday afternoon in May." How does April describe her school day on that Tuesday afternoon in May?

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