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

2. How does the U.S. Marshals Service agent change April's appearance?
(a) By telling her to gain 20 lbs.
(b) By changing her eye color with contacts.
(c) By cutting her hair.
(d) By dying her hair.

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

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

5. Finally, Jim apologizes about his treatment of April and the phone. What is April's reaction?
(a) She is as angry as ever.
(b) She is sorry too.
(c) She feels nothing.
(d) She is very happy they are friends again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Max tell the family about April's father?

2. April is still listening on the phone and Jim comes back on the phone. What does Max tell Jim?

3. What sport is April very involved in?

4. What does the Corrigans' new house lack that makes it very hard to live in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The family is told they will have to become part of the federal relocation plan to protect witnesses whose lives are threatened. How does Max explain how this works?

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

3. Rita Green, the U.S. Marshal who is going to help the family with their relocation, suggests they go to California. Why is this idea discarded?

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

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

6. Who is waiting in the Corrigan house when April and her grandmother arrive home from school? Why is April uneasy about this?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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