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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does April tell her parents she is going so they won't find out she is going back to Norwood?
(a) Tampa for a tennis tournament.
(b) Larry's weekend place on the ocean.
(c) Kim's house for the weekend.
(d) To work at a summer camp for two weeks.

2. April decides to phone Larry and gets his father on the phone. What does he tell her?
(a) That he will send the police over immediately.
(b) That Larry is on his way over to help.
(c) That Mr. Corrigan was kidnapped.
(d) That a man called him, asking about the Corrigans.

3. How does the family feel when they arrived at Disney World?
(a) Extremely excited.
(b) Worried they did not have enough money.
(c) Overwhelmed with the noise and people.
(d) All their stress evaporates.

4. After going home after the movie, what does April sense when she walks into the house?
(a) That someone is watching them from outside.
(b) That no one is home.
(c) That her brother has been into her stuff.
(d) That her parents have been fighting.

5. A few days after the family trip to Disney World, Kim calls. What does she talk to April about?
(a) April's so-called break up with Larry.
(b) The new guy Kim has met.
(c) April's tennis game.
(d) April leading Larry on.

6. Where do April and her grandmother spend the night during their trip?
(a) At a motel in Petersburg, VA.
(b) Sleeping in their car.
(c) At a hotel in Fredericksburg, VA.
(d) At her grandmother's friend's house.

7. How does the hitman die?
(a) April hits him over the head with her tennis racket.
(b) April's grandmother drives over him with her car.
(c) April hits him over the head with a rock.
(d) April pushes him into the ditch.

8. What kind of car does April's grandmother have?
(a) A Cadillac.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A Corvette.
(d) A Porsche.

9. Back in Norwood, what topic does April bring up with Steve almost immediately?
(a) If he'll come back to Grove City with her.
(b) His college plans.
(c) About his dating Sherry.
(d) How the school tennis team is doing.

10. It is the hitman that April actually sees outside the window. What does he do next?
(a) Shoves her mother in front of him so April can see her.
(b) Comes into the house.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Waves a gun at her.

11. After April hangs up the phone, who does she think she sees outside the window?
(a) A policeman.
(b) Larry.
(c) A vampire.
(d) Her father.

12. Why has her grandmother brought Porky, the Corrigans' dog, back to live with her?
(a) His barking will scare people away.
(b) He's the only thing he has left of her family.
(c) For company.
(d) For protection.

13. After the movie, Larry wants April to go to the beach the next day. What does she tell him?
(a) That she can't swim.
(b) That her family does things together on the weekends.
(c) That she doesn't like him that much.
(d) That her parents won't let her go to the beach.

14. The morning after going to the movie, April's father wakes her up. What does he tell her they are going to do?
(a) Go on a maxi-vay.
(b) Go on a mini-vay.
(c) Go on a two-day-vay.
(d) Go on a vay-kay.

15. What does Jodi say that people in Norwood are saying about the Corrigans' disappearance?
(a) That it was related to the drug case.
(b) That the family had all died in an accident.
(c) That the parents had split up.
(d) That April had anorexia and needed medical care.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way home from the movies, what does Abby ask April about?

2. What do April and her grandmother finally see when they reach Lemon Lane in Grove City?

3. What does April overhear in the movie theater restroom that makes her very angry?

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

5. April gets out of the house. Where has the hitman been all this time?

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