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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 April overhear in the movie theater restroom that makes her very angry?
2. When April gets home from Disney World, Larry calls her. How does he act?
3. It is the hitman that April actually sees outside the window. What does he do next?
4. The morning after going to the movie, April's father wakes her up. What does he tell her they are going to do?
5. April decides to phone Larry and gets his father on the phone. What does he tell her?
Short Essay Questions
1. The day after Amy's party, April is hungover and depressed. What does her father tell her that makes everything seem so bad that she just wants to get out and go back to Norwood?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. April is worried about the car behind them and decides to do something. What is it and what is the resutl?
5. 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?
6. The day after April's father tells her she can't go to the university of her choice, she has made a decision to go home to Norwood. How does she plan to do this?
7. What is April's reaction to her uncomfortable feelings during the movie? What does she then do?
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. What is the final outcome of Chapter 18?
10. When April returns to Norwood, she gets a rude awakening about Steve. What does she learn? What does she ask Steve to do?
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
Making choices is often a typical teenage dilemma and this concept is very important in Don`t Look Behind You, as April wrestles with what she wants and what she has been told she must do. Giving four examples, show how the author portrays April facing specific dilemmas and the choices she makes. Explain how her choices influence the outcome of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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