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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What favor does Candy do for Beth?
(a) She takes her to a conference
(b) She takes her out for breakfast
(c) She forces her to feed Kerry
(d) She takes her clothes shopping

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

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

4. Reese is privately very concerned about
(a) His doctor's approval
(b) His grades in school
(c) His physical health
(d) His mother's job

5. What is Beth's assumption about Ben at this time in the story?
(a) She assumes he has died
(b) She feels he is waiting for her
(c) She knows he is alive
(d) She no longer cares

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

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

8. Vincent's academic abilities are
(a) A bone of contention with his friends
(b) Not known or noticed by his mother
(c) A matter of indifference to Vincent
(d) A problem for him socially

9. How does Beth try to cope with her grief?
(a) She jumps in and cleans her house
(b) She only partcipates in a minor way and stays "checked out" most of the time
(c) She volunteers to watch the neighbors' children
(d) She decies to be completely honest with Pat

10. Why is Sarah Chan somewhat unlikeable?
(a) She is not sensationalizing the situation
(b) She is not focused on her story
(c) She lacks poise
(d) Because she is not genuine

11. Why does little Ben think you can never come back from the deep end of the ocean?
(a) Because the sharks will eat you
(b) Because the ocean is too deep to swim in
(c) Because you will want to stay there
(d) Because the water will wash away your footprints

12. When Beth becomes overwrought with devastation over Ben, her response is to
(a) Run
(b) Eat
(c) Laugh
(d) Scream

13. Pat tells Vincent that he
(a) Wished he were not there
(b) Wants to go home
(c) Loves him
(d) Saved his life

14. The neighbor thinks Vincent is bossy because
(a) His mother pays no attention to him
(b) He is jealous of his missing brother
(c) He comes from an Italian family
(d) He comes from an Irish family

15. Beth learns that parents who lose children often
(a) Grow apart from one another
(b) Blame the child
(c) Renew their vows
(d) Become more tightly bonded

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way, if any, was the family meeting a success?

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

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

4. Beth has never, in her life,

5. Pat's stressful day culiminates in

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