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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 does Jim forbid Bram and April to use at the hotel in case someone is looking for them?
(a) The hallways.
(b) The elevators.
(c) Room service.
(d) The swimming pool.

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

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

4. The family is being put into the Federal Witness Security Program because they are being hunted down by ____
(a) A drug dealer.
(b) George's boss.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) A hitman.

5. How many children are in the Corrigan family?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is waiting for the Corrigans when they reach the airport in Florida?

2. How does the U.S. Marshals Service agent change April's appearance?

3. On the Wednesday night at the Mayflower, Mrs. Corrigan gets a call from her husband. What does she tell April and Bram?

4. What does Larry say after April agrees to play too?

5. Who arrives from the U.S. Marshals Service to help the family assume their new identities?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The day after learning they won't be going home soon, Jim brings them a newspaper that has a story about her father's involvement in the drug smuggling. April is shocked that her father would take such risks. Who or what does her mother blame her father's involvement on?

3. April thinks she will be home for Steve's graduation, but she is wrong. They stay at the Mayflower for two and a half weeks. How does each family member react to this prolonged stay?

4. Before they leave Norwood, the family meets Jim Peterson, a retired policeman, who is going to stay with the family. At the beginning of Chapter 3, he takes the family to the Mayflower Hotel in Richmond. How does April describe it?

5. April wakes up to her first morning in Grove City and decides to explore a bit. What is her first impression when she ventures outdoors?

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

7. 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?

8. The Corrigans have come from a comfortable middle-class home in a nice city to a new house in Grove City. What is their first impression of their new town and home?

9. Tom Geist also suggests something be done about Bram. What is it?

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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