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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 a morning at Disney World, where do April's parents want April and Bram to go?

2. Where do April and her grandmother find themselves soon after they see the hitman?

3. What does April's grandmother give her just before they leave for Florida?

4. Soon after Amy's party, April decides to return to Norwood. What helps her decide to do this?

5. While her grandmother sleeps, what does April think is happening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. The day after Amy's party, April is hungover and depressed. What does her father tell her that makes everything seem so bad that she just wants to get out and go back to Norwood?

4. April had agreed to go to a movie with Larry because it was a group event. At the movie she meets Abby, who sat next to her on the plane. How does April handle this situation?

5. April decides the only way to handle what she found out from Jodi is to continue playing tennis and going out with Larry. What happens at Amy's party? How does Larry react?

6. What is the final outcome of Chapter 18?

7. April had called her grandmother from the airport in Sarasota and Lorelei was not happy to hear from her, advising her to go back. April does show up at her grandmother's door and what does she see? What does she suddenly realize?

8. April and her grandmother have decided they must head for Florida. April helps her grandmother pack and they set off, taking the dog. April also has her old tennis racket. They only make it to Petersburg, Virginia that night. What happens at the motel during the night?

9. April feels some sympathy for her father and decides the Disney World trip might be a good idea after all. What is the drive to Orlando like?

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

In many novels and other works of fiction, the protagonist has a tragic flaw that has a large impact on the story. Define tragic flaw and give three specific examples of April's tragic flaw. With each example, explain how her actions are detrimental to others.

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

In reference to the plot of Don't Look Behind You,

(1) Why are the events of the story arranged as they are?;

(2) What moves the story along? Is it external action or internal conflicts? Or a combination of both? Support your answer with examples.

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