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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Beth's father's character come across when a body needs to be identified?
(a) He becomes ill and leaves
(b) He does not step up or offer to go to the morgue
(c) He is the first one ready to go to the morgue
(d) He assumes the body is Ben's

3. Beth was brought up
(a) As a Jew
(b) As a Baptist
(c) As a Catholic
(d) As a Muslim

4. Beth's response to the media is
(a) Responsive and grateful
(b) Inviting and warm
(c) Interested but too busy
(d) Closed indifference

5. Vincent asks Candy if
(a) She will stay with him
(b) She has ever been at his house
(c) She is a real officer
(d) She has brought Ben home

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

7. Why did Beth fail to photograph Candy's wedding?
(a) She was drunk and in a hotel room with Nick
(b) She drank too much at lunch and fell to sleep
(c) Candy told her to forget it and relax
(d) Beth decided she could not handle a wedding

8. Ellen arranges a lunch meeting for herself, Nick and Beth at
(a) A bed and breakfast
(b) A local cafe
(c) A bar
(d) A hotel

9. When Ben goes missing, who decides to call the police?
(a) Ellen
(b) Vincent
(c) Beth
(d) Jimmy

10. 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 decies to be completely honest with Pat
(d) She volunteers to watch the neighbors' children

11. What does Reese do at night while he is in bed?
(a) Plots a way to leave home
(b) Listens to opera
(c) Plays music in his head
(d) Works out math problems

12. Why does Beth spend so much time in Candy's office?
(a) She can escape the press there
(b) She wants Candy to protect her
(c) It is where she feels closest to Ben
(d) It is a place of peace and quiet

13. Pat Cappadora arrives with an attitude of
(a) Defeat and misery
(b) Getting down to business and finding Ben
(c) Rage toward Ellen
(d) Peace and hope

14. Rose thinks Beth has lost
(a) Her mind
(b) Her senses
(c) Her heart
(d) Her compassion

15. What kind of event is Beth Cappadora attending when Ben disappears?
(a) A high school class reunion
(b) A college reunion
(c) A gathering for photographers
(d) A large family reunion

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth learns that parents who lose children often

2. Vincent has taken to sleeping

3. Who has become Vincent's primary caregiver?

4. What is Wedding in the Old Neighborhood?

5. Pat Cappadora works

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