View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Reese see the luncheon as a "manger scene?"
(a) Ben is wrapped in blankets
(b) Everyone is there to worship Ben
(c) There are animals surrounding the scene
(d) Ben's mother is beaming

2. Why does Beth read English novels?
(a) The characters are emotionally detached
(b) She enjoys the mundane nature of the stories
(c) The characters are polite and proper
(d) She likes the long, drawn-out plots

3. Candy has decided to divorce her husband, and
(a) Has not conceived a child
(b) Wants him to support her
(c) Wishes he had been younger
(d) Is bitterly angry at him

4. Why was Cecil's mother unaware that Cecil had someone else's child?
(a) They were estranged off and on for years
(b) She knew never to ask Cecil any questions
(c) Sam seemed to look like Cecil
(d) She thought Sam belonged to George Karras

5. How does Vincent reveal his true heart to Ben?
(a) He gives Ben his old bed
(b) He cries at night while Ben sleeps
(c) He prays for ben
(d) He returns the red bunny he has kept

6. What is the name of the neighbor boy who knocks at Beth's door?
(a) Reese
(b) Sam
(c) Joe
(d) Pat

7. What makes it impossible to interrogate Cecil about the kidnapping?
(a) Cecil is on her deathbed
(b) Cecil does not speak English
(c) Cecil is catatonic
(d) Cecil is deaf and dumb

8. During her day spent with Sam, Beth begins to understandto
(a) Sam's ability to sing
(b) Sam's pain at being torn from his old life
(c) Sam's hatred for Vincent and Kerry
(d) Sam's anger at Cecil Lockhart

9. Who had Vincent tried to tell about possibly recognizing Ben?
(a) Beth Cappadora
(b) Candy Bliss
(c) Pat Cappadora
(d) Tom Kilgore

10. Vincent considers his family's life to be like a
(a) Soap opera
(b) A stage play
(c) A dramatic mini-series
(d) A horror movie

11. Why did Reese tell no one about seeing Ben in the neighborhood?
(a) He was jealous of his brother
(b) He could not believe it was really him
(c) He wanted to keep the secret to himself
(d) He was afraid of upsetting his mother

12. What does Beth realize about herself on this day/
(a) How much Ben's kidnapping was her fault
(b) How much her career is about to change
(c) How little love she has given to Vincent
(d) How disengaged she has been from her family

13. When the Cappadoras enter the restaurant with Sam, people begin to have tears induced by
(a) The size of little Kerry
(b) The sight of Sam being so big now
(c) The overwhelming circus atmosphere
(d) The orchestra's choice of music

14. What has Beth been doing when the boy comes to her door?
(a) Taking a shower
(b) Brushing the hair of the family dog
(c) Trying to dry and style her hair
(d) Trying to comb the snarls out of Kerry's hair

15. Reese goes to jail for
(a) Being drunk and disorderly
(b) Stealing and crashing the coach's car
(c) Beating the coach
(d) Drinking and driving

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vincent portray himself to his new-found brother?

2. Ben is a gifted

3. Sam learns that his image is painted on

4. Sam visits Reese in jail to tell him that

5. Now that Ben may be found, what ironic fact do we learn about Reese?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 625 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample