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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. How does the hitman know April is outside?
2. It is the hitman that April actually sees outside the window. What does he do next?
3. What does April help her grandmother do after they decide to head for Florida?
4. Where do April and her grandmother find themselves soon after they see the hitman?
5. April reaches her grandmother's car but cannot get it started. Why?
Short Essay Questions
1. On the second day of April and Lorelei's drive to Florida, April notices something suspicious about a car behind them. What is it?
2. 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?
3. Once the movie date starts, April is uncomfortable for a couple of reasons besides meeting Abby. Why?
4. 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?
5. April decides the only way to handle what she found out from Jodi is to continue playing tennis and going out with Larry. What happens at Amy's party? How does Larry react?
6. Why is Steve waiting for her at airport when April returns to Norwood?
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. Why is April secretly glad that Vamp tells them he is going to hold them hostage and confines them to a bedroom closet?
9. When April returns to Norwood, she gets a rude awakening about Steve. What does she learn? What does she ask Steve to do?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define resolution as part of the plot structure in literature. Describe where the resolution appears in Don't Look Behind You. Giving three detailed examples, show how earlier conflicts in the novel are resolved.
Essay Topic 2
One of the recurring secondary themes in Don't Look Behind You is the concept of isolation. Giving five examples from the novel, show how April's identity and her isolation have an impact on each other. Analyze how this is resolved or not in the Epilogue.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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