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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. 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 jumps in and cleans her house
(c) She volunteers to watch the neighbors' children
(d) She decies to be completely honest with Pat

2. Vincent asks Candy if
(a) She will stay with him
(b) She has brought Ben home
(c) She is a real officer
(d) She has ever been at his house

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

4. What kind of school did Beth attend?
(a) A private Hebrew school
(b) A Catholic girls' school
(c) A school for Irish immigrants
(d) Public school

5. Beth slowly begins to
(a) Withdraw from Pat for good
(b) Diminish into oblivion
(c) Rebuild her life
(d) Withdraw from the world for good

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a clue to Pat's current attitude toward Beth?

2. Pat Cappadora arrives with an attitude of

3. Pat's stressful day culiminates in

4. What word does Vincent say that freezes Beth's emotions toward him?

5. Why would Candy consider marrying an old friend of hers?

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

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

4. What does Dr. Kilgore teach Reese about defending himself?

5. Discuss the significance of the discovery of Ben's small shoe.

6. What is ironic about Beth's feeling that, if she loves her other children, she will be "cheating" on Ben?

7. Why does Beth agree with Laurie to undertake a photography job?

8. What does the family counseling session reveal to Dr. Kilgore?

9. How does the reader come to know how bright Vincent is, even though he is an underachiever?

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

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