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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 does Vincent suspect about Beth's teary apology to Pat?
(a) That he does not know her any more
(b) That she is a very bad person
(c) That she has finally come around
(d) That she is pretending

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

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

4. What is it about the little shoe that is suspicious?
(a) It looks new
(b) It is scuffed and dirty
(c) Ben is too little to tie a bow
(d) There is something on the sole

5. Beth leaves in her car to
(a) Take a break from the family
(b) Go to another reunion
(c) Go to a new meeting
(d) Attend Candy's wedding

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth has a small psychological breakthrough when she

2. What causes Beth to become animated during a phone call?

3. Vincent has taken to sleeping

4. Pat Cappadora works

5. What favor does Candy do for Beth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Beth does not know much about her children. What is an example?

3. What leads to Beth's agreement to move to Chicago so that Pat can open a new restaurant with his father?

4. Why does Candy want to take Beth shopping?

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

6. What does the reader learn about Beth's weekend in Chicago and Candy's wedding photos?

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

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

9. What does Vincent's father finally say to Beth about Ben's loss?

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

(see the answer keys)

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