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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Beth makes an angry statement on camera, Candy Bliss
(a) Decides they cannot use the piece
(b) Supports Beth's truthfulness
(c) Tells Beth she cannot help her
(d) Coaches Beth to be nice

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 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

3. In the family restaurant, Vincent gets to overhear
(a) A loud family argument
(b) Recipes for Italian foods
(c) Conversations with waiters
(d) Complaining customers

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

5. How does Beth feel about the memory of Ben?
(a) She appreciates Rose's hope
(b) She blames Vincent and Pat
(c) She does not want to pretend he is alive
(d) She wants to have another child

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Beth reject Vincent's loving gestures toward her?

2. Why does Candy want to go to Minneapolis?

3. After Ben's disappearance, how does the reunion go?

4. What is Ben's age on the day he disappears?

5. Vincent/Reese is a

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the hotel's delicate treatment of Beth and Pat as they leave the Tremont Hotel. Is there layered meaning in their gestures? If so, describe them.

2. How does Christmas eve turn into a debacle at the Cappadoras'?

3. What gift does Vincent's grandfather give him as they discuss grief?

4. What makes Ben's disappearance an increasing nightmare for Beth Cappadora?

5. What does the reader learn about Beth's weekend in Chicago and Candy's wedding photos?

6. What does Beth's willingness to see a psychic indicate? What is Loretta's message?

7. Who volunteers to identify the body of a child at the morgue, and why?

8. In what ways is Vincent being neglected as a child?

9. Where has Beth been spending time in Chicago, and why?

10. Why does Beth scream? What causes her to respond this way to the events around her? Is she crazy?

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