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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 Corrigans leave Virginia, how does Vamp try to track down April's mother?
2. Jim shows up while the maid is at the door and stops her. What happens next?
3. What grade is April in?
4. What is April's impression of her new house's yard the next morning?
5. What does April do to show her anger at Jim over phoning Steve?
Short Essay Questions
1. The book begins with: "(T)he world as we knew it ended for us on a Tuesday afternoon in May." How does April describe her school day on that Tuesday afternoon in May?
2. 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?
3. Rita tells the family that they have to get going asap because someone has contacted their grandmother. What happened and why is Rita concerned?
4. Who is waiting in the Corrigan house when April and her grandmother arrive home from school? Why is April uneasy about this?
5. While Jim is away from the hotel, someone comes to the door of the Corrigans' suite. Who is it and how does April react?
6. After a while at the Mayflower, April realizes she will miss Steve's graduation and she has a tantrum. What does Jim tell her and how does she react?
7. The day after learning they won't be going home soon, Jim brings them a newspaper that has a story about her father's involvement in the drug smuggling. April is shocked that her father would take such risks. Who or what does her mother blame her father's involvement on?
8. After the family gets settled in Florida, life becomes dull. How do the Corrigans pass their time for the next three weeks?
9. 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?
10. Tom Geist also suggests something be done about Bram. What is it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how dialogue serves as an device to enhance:
(1) exposition;
(2) characterization;
(3) foreshadowing; and
(4) resolution.
Give one example from the book that illustrates each of these elements.
Essay Topic 2
Making choices is often a typical teenage dilemma and this concept is very important in Don`t Look Behind You, as April wrestles with what she wants and what she has been told she must do. Giving four examples, show how the author portrays April facing specific dilemmas and the choices she makes. Explain how her choices influence the outcome of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Rising action in a story or novel leads up to the climax. It is usually composed of conflict of some sort that will ultimately lead to a climax in the story. List five examples where Duncan introduces conflict into the rising action to lead the story to a climax
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