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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pat begins sleeping on the couch when
(a) Beth admits her affair
(b) Candy moves in
(c) Ben returns to George Karras
(d) Vincent goes to jail

2. Beth loses her balance when she sees the portrait of
(a) Candy Bliss
(b) Kerry Cappadora
(c) Rosie Cappadora
(d) Cecil Lockhart

3. 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

4. Sam may feel that he was the cause of
(a) Cecil's mental illness
(b) Pat's bad health
(c) Reese's anger
(d) Beth's mental illness

5. Reese finally admits that in the hotel lobby he told little Ben to
(a) Go alone to the bathroom
(b) Get lost
(c) Go find his mother
(d) Go get a drink

6. Beth remembers thinking that destruction might pass her by if
(a) She protected her children properly
(b) She took enough photographs
(c) She absorbed enough pain
(d) She developed a hard enough shell

7. How does Pat Cappadora feel about finding Ben?
(a) He is thrilled
(b) He is disappointed
(c) He is angry
(d) He is frightened

8. George Karras now suffers from
(a) The loss of a son
(b) Mental illness
(c) His wife's incarceration
(d) Bone cancer

9. How is Candy reacting to Ben's reappearance in the Cappadora's life?
(a) She does not care much for Ben
(b) She wishes Vincent would be nicer to Ben
(c) She is happy but wants Ben to stay with Mr. Karras
(d) She feels deep remorse and a sense of failure

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

11. What does the school require for the Cappadoras to pick up Ben?
(a) A subpoena
(b) A summons
(c) An affidavit
(d) A conservatorship

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

13. What seems to have happened to Beth on this day?
(a) Her mental health seems restored
(b) Her hope is gone
(c) Her desire to take pictures is gone
(d) Her depression has deepened

14. Vincent and Ben begin to bond with
(a) A basketball game and pizza
(b) A huge argument over Kerry
(c) A tug of war with a red bunny
(d) A discussion of their terrible mothers

15. How does Ben feel about his adoptive father?
(a) He does not want George as a father
(b) He sees George as his real father
(c) He wants to be free from George
(d) He is jealous of George and Cecil

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reese see the luncheon as a "manger scene?"

2. Candy has decided to divorce her husband, and

3. In the courtroom, Beth notices that Cecil is no longer

4. Vincent considers his family's life to be like a

5. How does the law treat Cecil?

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