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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. Kilgore's lesson in disabling one's opponent serves to
(a) Make Reese feel evenweaker
(b) Frighten Reese
(c) Encourage Reese to fight
(d) Improve Reese's confidence

2. Now at the Cappadoras' home, Beth
(a) Develops a drug habit
(b) Quits drinking
(c) Takes up smoking
(d) Tries to escape

3. What is Beth's state of mind with regard to the gathering?
(a) She wishes she could skip this trip
(b) She is sad about her past
(c) She is morose and does not want to see these people
(d) She is looking forward to drinking and partying

4. Beth learns that Candy Bliss is
(a) A gay woman
(b) A closet clothes-horse
(c) A child at heart
(d) A Christian

5. Vincent has taken to sleeping
(a) With Pat and Beth
(b) In Ben's bed
(c) At the neighbor's house
(d) With his baby sister

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Pat Cappadora turn in stressful times?

2. What are the bionic noses?

3. The university hospital has managed to

4. Why won't Reese get a paper route?

5. Why would Candy consider marrying an old friend of hers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beth agree with Laurie to undertake a photography job?

2. What is poor little Vincent's most pressing fear at this time?

3. In what ways is Vincent being neglected as a child?

4. Describe in your own words the type of family the Cappadoras represent. Many aspects of their shared character have been illustrated; put into adjectives how you are seeing their family.

5. What does Beth's willingness to see a psychic indicate? What is Loretta's message?

6. What is Beth's burning question for the group at Compassionate Circle?

7. Discuss the hotel's delicate treatment of Beth and Pat as they leave the Tremont Hotel. Is there layered meaning in their gestures? If so, describe them.

8. Where has Beth been spending time in Chicago, and why?

9. Why does the FBI become involved in the case?

10. Describe in words the contrasts between Bill Kerry and the Cappadoras. What traits might Beth have grown up around, based on our brief knowledge of Bill?

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