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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. Why will it be hard for people to find the Corrigans in Grove City?
(a) The town is way off the main roads.
(b) They will blend in perfectly with the people there.
(c) The houses and streets are not well marked.
(d) It is a huge city.

2. While in the hotel bedroom, April sees a phone. What does she plan to do?
(a) Phone Steve.
(b) Behave maturely and not phone anyone.
(c) Phone her friend Sherry.
(d) Phone her grandmother.

3. What nickname does Steve have for April?
(a) Princess.
(b) Baby cakes.
(c) Rapunzel.
(d) April-La-La

4. What does the Corrigans' new house lack that makes it very hard to live in?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Air conditioning.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Running water.

5. What is waiting for the Corrigans when they reach the airport in Florida?
(a) A crate of complimentary oranges.
(b) A sealed package with keys and directions to their new home.
(c) A car.
(d) A U.S. Marshal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What criminal activity has Mr. Corrigan been involved in?

2. Why does April get angry when Jim won't let her call Steve?

3. Who does April's father work for?

4. What does Jim forbid Bram and April to use at the hotel in case someone is looking for them?

5. What does Max tell April's grandmother that no one in the family can do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does April react to the restrictions that Jim imposes on the Corrigans at the Mayflower?

2. After Jim's disappearance, the decision is made to move the family to Williamsburg. What is different about their situation in Williamsburg?

3. In Chapter 1, the narrator, April, tells the reader about her world. What does she tell us about her family?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Max tell the family about what happened to Jim?

5. In Chapter 1, April describes her world and makes it sound perfect. How does she do this?

6. While Jim is away from the hotel, someone comes to the door of the Corrigans' suite. Who is it and how does April react?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. The night after April overhears the phone conversation between Max and Jim, her father calls and talks to his wife. What does April's mother then tell April and Bram? Why is April so upset?

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

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