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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. Who was assigned to watch Ben when he disappeared?
(a) Jill
(b) Ellen
(c) Vincent
(d) Cecil
2. Vincent describes to his psychologist the process of
(a) Building a restaurant
(b) Starting fights
(c) Caring for his sister
(d) Creating an explosion
3. Candy charges Vincent with
(a) Taking care of his mother
(b) Guarding her badge
(c) Wearing her badge forever
(d) Watching out for strangers
4. Beth slowly begins to
(a) Diminish into oblivion
(b) Rebuild her life
(c) Withdraw from Pat for good
(d) Withdraw from the world for good
5. What had Reese been doing when the latest fight took place?
(a) Watching a young neighbor kid play soccer
(b) Riding his bike looking for trouble
(c) Mentally mapping the neighborhood's manholes
(d) Cruising the neighborhood on his bik
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of relationship does Beth have with Bick?
2. Vincent/Reese is a
3. Vincent pulls back from his mother because she
4. What is Wedding in the Old Neighborhood?
5. Kilgore's lesson in disabling one's opponent serves to
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe in words the contrasts between Bill Kerry and the Cappadoras. What traits might Beth have grown up around, based on our brief knowledge of Bill?
2. Why does Tree's husband curse at her for announcing her pregnancy?
3. Why does Candy want to take Beth shopping?
4. Discuss Beth's feelings toward her high school classmate, Cecil Lockhart.
5. In what ways is Vincent being neglected as a child?
6. Where has Beth been spending time in Chicago, and why?
7. What does Beth's willingness to see a psychic indicate? What is Loretta's message?
8. What leads to Beth's agreement to move to Chicago so that Pat can open a new restaurant with his father?
9. Discuss the significance of the discovery of Ben's small shoe.
10. An example of how 12-year old Vincent is having to care for his sister is provided in this chapter. Describe it.
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