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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. Teresa announces at an awkward time that
(a) She is pregnant
(b) She is going home
(c) She is out of patience
(d) She is jealous of Joey's attention to Beth

2. What does Vincent secretly fear about his mother?
(a) That she wants to kill herself
(b) That she wants to kill the baby
(c) That she hates him
(d) That she wants to kill his father

3. Why does Vincent miss being in Chicago?
(a) He misses the tranquility of the big house
(b) He misses the excitement of the search for Ben
(c) He misses the big city
(d) He misses love and attention from relatives

4. Pat Cappadora works
(a) As a realtor
(b) At a local factory
(c) In the family restaurant
(d) In an accountancy firm

5. What causes Beth to become animated during a phone call?
(a) The news that Candy will be married
(b) She has another new job
(c) She loves hearing from her friends
(d) The neighbor has called

Short Answer Questions

1. Pat Cappadora's parents are

2. Vincent describes to his psychologist the process of

3. Loretta's special psychic talent is

4. What makes it appropriate to involve the FBI in this case?

5. What favor does Candy do for Beth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reese feel he cannot have a paper route?

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

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

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

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

6. Discuss Beth's feelings toward her high school classmate, Cecil Lockhart.

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

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

10. Why does Candy want to take Beth shopping?

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