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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the idea for the restaurant born?
(a) Years prior in Italy
(b) When Ben disappeared
(c) After Vincent's birth
(d) After Jill's wedding in Cappadora's

2. Pat's stressful day culiminates in
(a) An upset stomach
(b) A stroke
(c) A bout of tears
(d) A heart attack-like episode

3. What is the point of trying to "stage" the press conference?
(a) So the Cappadoras will look famous
(b) To make the public think the Cappadoras are normal
(c) To evoke sympathy and help finding Ben
(d) To make the Cappadoras look special

4. The support group that Beth attends consists of
(a) Parents without partners
(b) Parents who have abandoned their children
(c) Parents who have lost children
(d) Grieving spouses

5. What is Ben's age on the day he disappears?
(a) He has just turned three
(b) He is six
(c) He is only two
(d) He is five and a half

6. What is Wedding in the Old Neighborhood?
(a) A curiosity shop in town
(b) The new restaurant Pat and his father want to open
(c) An annual event to celebrate Italy
(d) A theme restaurant in Miami

7. Eventually, Beth begins to
(a) Leave town for periods of time
(b) Dress like a bum
(c) Search the towns for Ben
(d) Take jobs outside the house

8. Vincent's reaction to the news about their move to Chicago causes him to
(a) Disappear from the house for three hours
(b) Be abusive to his friends
(c) Start a fire
(d) Start a playground fight

9. Who has become Vincent's primary caregiver?
(a) Alex
(b) Jill
(c) Candy
(d) Laurie

10. What is it about the little shoe that is suspicious?
(a) Ben is too little to tie a bow
(b) There is something on the sole
(c) It is scuffed and dirty
(d) It looks new

11. The second shoe on the podium was planted for what event?
(a) Another scheduled reunion of Beth's high school class
(b) A meeting of the Search for Ben committee
(c) A conference on forensics
(d) An anniversary party

12. What makes it appropriate to involve the FBI in this case?
(a) Someone in another state has filed a report
(b) Enough time has lapsed without clues
(c) The police know that Ben is not in Illinois
(d) All leads have been exhausted

13. Why does Ellen blame herself for Ben's disappearance?
(a) She wanted Beth to bring her kids along to the reunion
(b) She put Beth's room on her credit card, forcing Beth to go to the hotel desk
(c) She is the one who pushed Beth to go to the reunion.
(d) She had said she would watch Ben while Ellen took care of business

14. What is Rose Cappadora's attitude about Ben?
(a) She feels he is dead
(b) She quit thinking about it long ago
(c) She does not care
(d) She never gives up hope

15. In the family restaurant, Vincent gets to overhear
(a) A loud family argument
(b) Complaining customers
(c) Recipes for Italian foods
(d) Conversations with waiters

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Laurie done without consulting Beth?

2. What causes Beth to become animated during a phone call?

3. Beth has a small psychological breakthrough when she

4. Charlie Rufalo is probably

5. What kind of relationship does Beth have with Bick?

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