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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 compare her family to as they begin their trip to Disney World?

2. What does April tell Jodi about the Corrigans returning to Norwood?

3. After April hangs up the phone, who does she think she sees outside the window?

4. April's family escapes unharmed and the hitman is dead. What do they decide to do?

5. How does the hitman know April is outside?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the final outcome of Chapter 18?

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

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

7. When April returns to Norwood, she gets a rude awakening about Steve. What does she learn? What does she ask Steve to do?

8. 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?

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

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

The setting refers to the time and the place where a story takes place. Compare and contrast the two main settings of the novel -- Norwood, Virginia and Grove City, Florida. How do the settings have an impact on the story and the characters of Don't Look Behind You?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Don't Look Behind You is a first person narrative, told from April's point-of-view. Briefly explain how the first peson narrative is effective and how it is limited. Give four specific examples that show how the novel is effective told from April's point-of-view, and how our vicarious experience is enhanced.

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