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

2. Mr. and Mrs. Corrigan are advised not to get their new driver's licenses in Grove City. Why?

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

4. What does Larry ask April to do after they play tennis for the first time?

5. Who arrives from the U.S. Marshals Service to help the family assume their new identities?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the family gets settled in Florida, life becomes dull. How do the Corrigans pass their time for the next three weeks?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. Rita tells the family that they have to get going asap because someone has contacted their grandmother. What happened and why is Rita concerned?

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

10. The night after April overhears the phone conversation between Max and Jim, her father calls and talks to his wife. What does April's mother then tell April and Bram? Why is April so upset?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what foreshadowing is and how it is used in Don't Look Behind You, citing three examples. Two of your examples may come from Chapter 1, but the third must come from later in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Don't Look Behind You is a first person narrative, told from April's point-of-view. Briefly explain how the first peson narrative is effective and how it is limited. Give four specific examples that show how the novel is effective told from April's point-of-view, and how our vicarious experience is enhanced.

Essay Topic 3

A metaphor, in literature, is something that represents something else.

1) Show how the author uses tennis and/or a tennis racket as a metaphor for April's life up to the point of the Epilogue. Give four examples.

2) What does April say in the Epilogue so that the reader now knows that the tennis metaphor has been discarded and April's transition is complete?

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