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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 does Abby accuse April of?

2. April decides to phone Larry and gets his father on the phone. What does he tell her?

3. April would have to lie to get away from Grove City. How does she convince herself this is okay?

4. April and Bram decide to stay at Disney World. What does Bran do as soon as his parents leave?

5. At some point during their trip, April and her grandmother realize something may have been stolen from them. What is it?

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. 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?

3. When April and Lorelei reach the house in Grove City, the Corrigans' car is nose down in a ditch. It is empty and so is the house. What does April suddenly see that terrifies her?

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

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

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

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

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

9. April manages to get out of the house and into the yard. She thinks she will be safe there but what happens?

10. April is worried about the car behind them and decides to do something. What is it and what is the resutl?

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

Define climax as part of the plot structure in literature. Where does the climax occur in Don't Look Behind You? What does it reveal about the purpose of the story?

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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