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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 elephant in the room to which Kilgore refers?
(a) The vanished faith in the family
(b) The pain of losing Ben
(c) The clashing of religions
(d) The immoral behavior of Beth

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

3. What kind of relationship does Beth have with Bick?
(a) Bick does not necessarily like Beth
(b) She does not trust Bick
(c) Bick is only a distant relative
(d) She loves her brother dearly

4. 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

5. Vincent pulls back from his mother because she
(a) Smells unfamiliar
(b) Has been so mean to him
(c) Was not there when she was needed
(d) Looks awful

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vincent seem to be most worried about?

2. Why is Sarah Chan somewhat unlikeable?

3. Ben has a fear of

4. Pat tells Vincent that he

5. What is the Monty Hall problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. There are many indications that Beth is not necessarily a mature woman, or the ideal partner to Pat. Examine these two chapters and analyze at least two instances that illustrate what you think the reader is learning about Beth Cappadora.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe in your own words the type of family the Cappadoras represent. Many aspects of their shared character have been illustrated; put into adjectives how you are seeing their family.

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

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