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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beth tell Mike the next day?
(a) The truth about her life.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That she cannot see him again.
(d) That Robert is failing.

2. Where does Cindy take Beth for her birthday?
(a) A movie.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A shopping mall.
(d) The beauty salon.

3. What school project of Robert's upsets Beth?
(a) Creating a family tree.
(b) Watching a Holocaust documentary.
(c) A Civil War reenactment.
(d) Writing a report on the Ku Klux Klan.

4. What was the main benefit for Frannie of being married to Bobby?
(a) They took many vacations.
(b) She had a respectable home.
(c) He had come from a wealthy family.
(d) He had been popular in their community.

5. Why do Beth and Robert think Bobby may be dead?
(a) They learn that some New York police officers are killed.
(b) They cannot find a listing for him in the New York phone book.
(c) His phone has been disconnected.
(d) They get a cryptic message from Patty.

6. How did Mrs. Levitt meet her husband?
(a) He was in the military unit that liberated her concentration camp.
(b) They were childhood sweethearts.
(c) He was a writer who interviewed her for a newspaper story.
(d) They met at a mixer in college.

7. What does Beth believe is hardest for Frannie to have left in her old life?
(a) Her house.
(b) The shopping malls.
(c) Her church.
(d) Her friends.

8. Who videotapes Beth's assistance to the injured children?
(a) Mike Riordan.
(b) Mr. Illing.
(c) Mrs. Levitt.
(d) Mr. Castro.

9. Beth tells Patty Bancroft that she wants to begin paying her own rent and __________________.
(a) Her own phone bills.
(b) Get a better job.
(c) Move to a bigger place.
(d) Get a new car.

10. What holiday do Beth and Robert spend with the Roerbackers?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Thanksgiving.

11. What does Mrs. Levitt need Beth to bring her?
(a) Books.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Food.
(d) Nothing.

12. What products does Cindy's mother sell?
(a) Avon.
(b) Housewares.
(c) Medical supplies.
(d) Computers.

13. What medical emergency occurs for Cindy at Thanksgiving?
(a) She suffers a crushed pelvis in a car accident.
(b) Her mother falls and breaks a hip.
(c) Her daughter breaks her arm.
(d) Her father has a stroke.

14. Where do Beth and Robert have a Thanksgiving meal?
(a) At a homeless shelter.
(b) At the church.
(c) At home.
(d) A diner.

15. What is the source of the noises that Beth hears near the living room windows?
(a) Wind rattling the glass.
(b) Tree branches in the wind.
(c) Girls throwing water balloons.
(d) Hail hitting the windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drives Beth and Robert home after Christmas dinner?

2. Who does Beth hope will protect her from Bobby?

3. Where does Beth want to live now?

4. What does Beth note about the relationship between Cindy and her mother?

5. Who does Beth call on Thanksgiving evening?

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