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

2. A few days after the family trip to Disney World, Kim calls. What does she talk to April about?

3. What kind of feeling does April have as she waits for her grandmother to get money at the ATM?

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

5. After leaving Sarasota, where does April finally see Steve?

Short Essay Questions

1. The family stays at the Disney theme park during the morning and then April's parents head for Epcot Center while she stays with her brother. When Bram is on the Alice in Wonderland ride, Aprl hears someone call her name. Who is it and how does April handle the situation?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. When April gets home from the movie, her parents have obviously been arguing. What does her father then tell April?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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