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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. What is the Monty Hall problem?
(a) The problem of finding Ben
(b) A statistical calculation based on Let's Make a Deal
(c) A joke that circulates among Vincent's friends
(d) A horse betting program set up by Vincent

2. The university hospital has managed to
(a) Help Beth with her depression
(b) Help Pat avoid a major heart attack
(c) Force the family into bankruptcy
(d) Save Vincent from a life of sorrow

3. Loretta's special psychic talent is
(a) Finding lost things
(b) Seeing the future
(c) Generating wealth
(d) Reliving history

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

5. The second shoe on the podium was planted for what event?
(a) A meeting of the Search for Ben committee
(b) A conference on forensics
(c) Another scheduled reunion of Beth's high school class
(d) An anniversary party

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about the little shoe that is suspicious?

2. Ben learns about love and opera from

3. Why does little Ben think you can never come back from the deep end of the ocean?

4. What does Reese do at night while he is in bed?

5. What does her friend Laurie want Beth to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the theme of the restaurant opened by Pat and his father in Chicago?

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

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

4. What precipitates Pat's episode with his heart that results in his being hospitalized?

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

6. What is Beth's burning question for the group at Compassionate Circle?

7. What surfaces in Beth when she faces the media to ask for Ben's return? Is she rational at this point? What is the dominant emotion she feels?

8. What is poor little Vincent's most pressing fear at this time?

9. An example of how 12-year old Vincent is having to care for his sister is provided in this chapter. Describe it.

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

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