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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. What is the name of the school on Orange Avenue?
2. What does Max tell the family they will have to do?
3. How many children are in the Corrigan family?
4. What is going to happen to April's family's dog, Porky?
5. Bram is upset about having his trait disguised, but he is also upset about something else. What is it?
Short Essay Questions
1. The family is visited by their U.S. Marshal Florida contact, Tom Geist. He tells them they have to learn to blend in in Grove City. What is one example that he talks about?
2. Tom Geist also suggests something be done about Bram. What is it?
3. After Jim's disappearance, the decision is made to move the family to Williamsburg. What is different about their situation in Williamsburg?
4. In Chapter 2, what does Max tell April and Lorelei that sets in motion the events that follow?
5. 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?
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 the family gets settled in Florida, life becomes dull. How do the Corrigans pass their time for the next three weeks?
8. How does April react to the restrictions that Jim imposes on the Corrigans at the Mayflower?
9. While Jim is away from the hotel, someone comes to the door of the Corrigans' suite. Who is it and how does April react?
10. April eavesdrops on a phone conversation Jim is having with Max. What does she overhear?
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 setting refers to the time and the place where a story takes place. Compare and contrast the two main settings of the novel -- Norwood, Virginia and Grove City, Florida. How do the settings have an impact on the story and the characters of Don't Look Behind You?
Essay Topic 3
Coming of age stories are often rife with conflict, as much of adolescence is seen as a time of transition from childhood to adulthood, and the pull from one back to the other. In Don't Look Behind You, April faces a number of conflicts between her own needs and the needs of her family. Give four examples of when she faces this conflict and how she responds to the situations.
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