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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. It is the hitman that April actually sees outside the window. What does he do next?

2. Why does April think her mother has been driving the car?

3. The morning after going to the movie, April's father wakes her up. What does he tell her they are going to do?

4. On the way to Florida, why does a patrol car officer pull April over and ask her for her license and registration?

5. After the Disney trip, what routine does April fall into for the next few weeks?

Short Essay Questions

1. April feels some sympathy for her father and decides the Disney World trip might be a good idea after all. What is the drive to Orlando like?

2. On the second day of April and Lorelei's drive to Florida, April notices something suspicious about a car behind them. What is it?

3. Why is April secretly glad that Vamp tells them he is going to hold them hostage and confines them to a bedroom closet?

4. When April and Lorelei stop for dinner, her grandmother is worried about the road map, which turns up missing. Why is Lorelei worried about it?

5. What does April find out about from Jodi while she is talking to her at Disney World? How does she feel about this?

6. The morning after April's movie date, her father wakes her up and says he is taking the family to Disney World. April is still angry at him for the "mess" they are in. How does he try to explain it all to her?

7. April had agreed to go to a movie with Larry because it was a group event. At the movie she meets Abby, who sat next to her on the plane. How does April handle this situation?

8. What is April's reaction to her uncomfortable feelings during the movie? What does she then do?

9. April and her grandmother have decided they must head for Florida. April helps her grandmother pack and they set off, taking the dog. April also has her old tennis racket. They only make it to Petersburg, Virginia that night. What happens at the motel during the night?

10. Once the movie date starts, April is uncomfortable for a couple of reasons besides meeting Abby. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the author uses the literary device of exposition in Chapters 1 and 2. Why is it important to "set the stage" so we understand the changes that happen to April by the end of the novel? Give three examples of her use of exposition for this purpose.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Tone refers to the emotional state or attitude of the narrator of a work. As the narrator of Don't Look Behind You, what is April's tone at different stages of the book? Explain the tone, with examples:

1) At the beginning of the book, when life is "normal" in Norwood;

2) When her family is torn away from their lives and then placed into the witness protection program;

3) When and after April realizes she has put her family in great danger; and

4) In the Epilogue.

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