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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 the first place Max takes the family?
(a) To their schools to sign out.
(b) The Federal Building.
(c) To the mall to buy supplies.
(d) The Colonial Inn.

2. An unfamiliar hotel maid comes to the door while Jim is out. What does she try to do?
(a) Force April to take a gun for her protection.
(b) Force her way into the room.
(c) Clean the bathroom while April is doing her hair.
(d) Convince April to tell her where her father is.

3. Bram is upset about having his trait disguised, but he is also upset about something else. What is it?
(a) His grandmother not coming with them.
(b) Leaving his dog behind.
(c) Jim's death.
(d) Attending a new school.

4. Who does Max say the maid at the door really was?
(a) Mark Winnender.
(b) Mike Vamp.
(c) Lucky Luke.
(d) Coach Malloy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does April meet behind the school on Orange Avenue?

2. What does April think is the hardest thing for all of the family at the Mayfower?

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

4. How is April's relationship with Jim after their confrontation about the phone?

5. George's boss will soon be out on bail. Why does this put George in danger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jim realizes the family is suffering due to their prolonged stay at the Mayflower. What does he leave the hotel to do?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. Tom Geist also gives Mr. Corrigan the keys for his new business. What is the name of it and what kind of business is it?

10. 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?

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