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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. and Mrs. Corrigan are advised not to get their new driver's licenses in Grove City. Why?
(a) Their identities could be traced.
(b) The local examiner was a cop and might be suspicious.
(c) It has the worst examiners in the state.
(d) The local gossips might talk about it.

2. What is April's first impression of their new home in Florida?
(a) She thinks it looks like a college dorm.
(b) She thinks it is fabulous.
(c) She thinks it smells like a locker room.
(d) She thinks it does not have indoor plumbing.

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

4. Why doesn't Mr. Corrigan want his wife to continue with her career in Florida?
(a) He was always jealous of her career.
(b) He thinks it might blow their cover.
(c) They don't need the extra money.
(d) She would have to leave home to work.

5. The Corrigans switch cars. According to Max, why do they do this?
(a) They were followed.
(b) Jim can't drive a stick shift.
(c) Max needs his car for another case.
(d) In case they were followed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did April and her family live at the beginning of the novel?

2. April finds out more information on what happened to her father the day after he phones her mother. How does this happen?

3. What does her mother tell April at the end of Chapter 2?

4. April picks up the phone and hears her mother talking to Max. What does she overhear?

5. What does Mrs. Corrigan talk bitterly about to Tom Geist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is waiting in the Corrigan house when April and her grandmother arrive home from school? Why is April uneasy about this?

2. April thinks she will be home for Steve's graduation, but she is wrong. They stay at the Mayflower for two and a half weeks. How does each family member react to this prolonged stay?

3. Five days after their first meeting with the U.S. Marshal Rita Green, she comes back with their new identities. Where will the family be going and what will April's new identity be?

4. Rita Green, the U.S. Marshal who is going to help the family with their relocation, suggests they go to California. Why is this idea discarded?

5. After April inspects the yard of her new home in Grove City, she starts to walk. Where does she go and what building does she come across?

6. After the family learns of what happened to Mr. Corrigan at the trial, Max tells them they must go into hiding. What is the reaction of each of the family members?

7. After she is called to the counselor's office during her typing class, who does April see waiting for her? How does she react to this?

8. After they arrive at the Mayflower, what restrictions does Jim put on the Corrigans?

9. A few days after April's anger at Jim, she starts to feel guilty about how she spoke to him. He suggests a truce -- and tells her she is acting dumb but she is not stupid. What is one reason April decided to apologize?

10. Tom Geist also gives Mr. Corrigan the keys for his new business. What is the name of it and what kind of business is it?

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