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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. Max turns the family over to Jim Peterson. What is Jim going to do for them?
(a) Take them to a hotel.
(b) Tell them exactly what is going on.
(c) Give them new identities.
(d) Take them to their new home.

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

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

4. What are the people that April sees behind the school doing?
(a) Playing mah jong.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Playing handball.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Jim take the Corrigans to?

2. What else do the FBI agents say about the case while April is eavesdropping on the phone?

3. What does April decide to do after the phone call between Max and Jim ended?

4. What grade is April in?

5. Angry about being banned from using the hotel phone, where does April go to avoid Jim?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. After she is called to the counselor's office during her typing class, who does April see waiting for her? How does she react to this?

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

6. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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