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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the first young couple need to come to a private photographer?
(a) They want to associate with someone famous
(b) The couples' parents want to help Beth
(c) Because the bride is pregnant
(d) It is a mixed marriage

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

3. Why won't Reese get a paper route?
(a) He is afraid of the dark
(b) He is afraid of getting lost
(c) He does not want to travel about
(d) He is afraid of being kidnapped

4. Ben learns about love and opera from
(a) His father, Pat
(b) His grandmother, Rosie
(c) His uncle, Bick
(d) His grandfather, Angelo

5. What does Vincent suspect about Beth's teary apology to Pat?
(a) That she is pretending
(b) That she is a very bad person
(c) That she has finally come around
(d) That he does not know her any more

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

7. What does Ellen promise to keep going when Beth leaves for home?
(a) She will stay in touch with Nick while Beth is gone
(b) She will keep up the search for Ben
(c) She will keep Ben's picture on the local news
(d) She will make plans to reschedule the class reunion

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

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

10. What causes Beth to become animated during a phone call?
(a) She loves hearing from her friends
(b) She has another new job
(c) The neighbor has called
(d) The news that Candy will be married

11. How does Beth perceive the subjects she photographs?
(a) She tries to feel love for them
(b) She objectifies them
(c) She despises them
(d) She lights them softly

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. What does Vincent secretly fear about his mother?
(a) That she wants to kill his father
(b) That she wants to kill the baby
(c) That she wants to kill herself
(d) That she hates him

14. How did the group leader, Penny, cope with her grief?
(a) Smoking heavily
(b) Eating heavily
(c) Taking drugs
(d) Drinking

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Beth spend so much time in Candy's office?

2. What are the bionic noses?

3. Vincent asks Candy if

4. What kind of school did Beth attend?

5. When was the idea for the restaurant born?

(see the answer keys)

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