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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Tom Geist give the family about their social life?
(a) To choose their friends carefully.
(b) To limit it to one or two families.
(c) To make a list all the things they can tell other people.
(d) To not have a social life at all.

2. What are the people that April sees behind the school doing?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Playing mah jong.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Playing handball.

3. Where did April and her family live at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Crestwood, Virginia.
(c) Norwood, Virginia.
(d) Elmwood, Virginia

4. How does April's mother explain her husband's involvement with the FBI?
(a) She thinks her husband is having a midlife crisis.
(b) She thinks he has been offered a huge payoff to help them.
(c) She says his old friend Max forced him into it.
(d) She says he has been threatened by criminals.

5. What does April do to show her anger at Jim over phoning Steve?
(a) She throws a book at him.
(b) She sits in the corner and refuses to talk to anyone.
(c) She swears at him.
(d) She goes into a bedroom and slams the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after the maid comes to the door, Mrs. Corrigan calls Max. Why?

2. Why does the woman from the U.S. Marshals Service decide not to send the family to California?

3. What happens to Bram in Sarasota?

4. What is April's reaction to being taken away from her home?

5. When the family goes shopping in Grove City for the first time, what does April get her dad to buy for her?

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