People
This person is incredibly selfish throughout the novel and her actions cause more problems for the Corrigan's
Who is April Corrigan
The perfect town the Corrigan's lived in with their nice house and nice cars
What is Norwood, Virginia
The definition of exposition and the exposition of the story
What is the beginning of the story, meeting April, the family, Springtime in Virginia, April's Junior year of high school
The 3 things the family will have to do in the Witness Security Program
What is they will have to get new identities, new names, change their appearance, live somewhere new, etc.
The protagonist of the story
She signs April out early from school, which is odd
Who is Lorelei (April's Grandma)
The location in which April heard "a thump and a curse, followed by a pop like the sound of a cork coming out of a champagne bottle and the crash of the linen cart slamming into the wall" (53)
What is the Mayflower Hotel hallway/corridor
The rising action of the story
What is April and the Corrigan's are forced to go into hiding because someone is after their father
What happens to Jim by the end of chapter
What is Jim was shot in the head. His body was crammed in a linen closet at the end of the hall. He was carrying a gun, but he never got use to it. Apparently, he wasn’t able to get it out of his holster” (61).
The antagonist of the story
This person is hired to be the family bodyguard.
Who is Jim Peterson
The location the family is rejoined with George Corrigan, April's Dad
What is a "motel on the edge of town" in Williamsburg (58)
The climax "scene" that occurs in the story so far
What is when Mike Vamp tries to enter the Corrigan's hotel room/Jim getting shot
Why does arthritis comes up in the story
What is Jim had arthritis in his fingers preventing him from reaching his gun quick enough to shoot Mike Vamp.
The title of the award April's mother won in California
What is the California Young Readers Medal (67)
This person is “a representative from the U.S. Marshals Service,” “a sharp-featured woman in a tailored suit” who is there to “discuss relocation arrangements” (64)
Who is Rita Green
The location the Corrigan's are left by the end of chapter 6
What is the motel room in Williamsburg, waiting for Rita to return for them
The next step in the Plot Structure following the climax
What is falling action, resolution
The page in which Max explains to the family why they they needed to relocate following Jim's death. (Bonus 400 if you provide the reason for relocating
What is page 61 "The reason I was in such a rush to get you out of the Mayflower was because I knew it was due to be invaded by police"
The reason why Lorelei does not move with the family by the end of chapter 6
What is "she said she didn't feel she was in any danger and didn't want to leave her friends and activities" (69)
He convinced Mr. Corrigan to help with the drug scandal case
Who is Max Barber
The reason the family cannot relocate to California
What is Mom might be recognized by librarians and English teachers because she attended a convention there (67)
The important question April asks that-so far- goes unanswered by the end of chapter 6
What is "How long are we going to be gone?" (70)
The page in which the family is told about the Federal Witness Security Program AND what it is (define it)
What is pg. 60- it’s designed to provide protection for people whose lives are in danger because they’ve blown the whistle on federal criminals. The program relocates those witnesses and their families. They’re secretly moved to a different part of the country and given new identities so nobody can trace them” (60).
The way the family receives new names for new identities (bonus 500 for what page this is found on)
What is the "dead infant method" in which they "search the country birth records for a child who was born in approximately the same year you were but who is now deceased" What is pg 65.