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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is April surprised to see her grandmother at Springside Academy?

2. Why is April astonished that her father would help the FBI?

3. Why doesn't Mr. Corrigan want his wife to continue with her career in Florida?

4. What city does Jim take the Corrigans to?

5. Within a few days of arriving in Florida, April has to get used to a big change. What is that?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the family learns of what happened to Mr. Corrigan at the trial, Max tells them they must go into hiding. What is the reaction of each of the family members?

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. After a while at the Mayflower, April realizes she will miss Steve's graduation and she has a tantrum. What does Jim tell her and how does she react?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how dialogue serves as an device to enhance:

(1) exposition;

(2) characterization;

(3) foreshadowing; and

(4) resolution.

Give one example from the book that illustrates each of these elements.

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist of a story is not always portrayed in a completely positive light. In many novels, the protagonist makes a change or comes to a realization about some aspect of their life. April is in the process of growing up when she is yanked away from her almost picture-perfect life. How is the role of the protagonist portrayed in Don't Look Behind You? Give at least five examples from the novel that show how April changes over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In this coming of age story, April does reach a level of maturity, as we can see by reading the Epilogue. She has had to make choices that she would not have made as the carefree teen she once was. Give two examples that occur in Chapter 14 that show she must accept reality. Explain how her choices reflect her growing maturity and how these choices are different from those she might have made only a few months before.

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