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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 point of trying to "stage" the press conference?
(a) To make the Cappadoras look special
(b) To make the public think the Cappadoras are normal
(c) To evoke sympathy and help finding Ben
(d) So the Cappadoras will look famous

2. Vincent/Reese is a
(a) Very intelligent young man
(b) Slacker
(c) Happy go-lucky type
(d) Socially well-adjusted young man

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

4. Beth has a small psychological breakthrough when she
(a) Takes a walk
(b) Laughs
(c) Prays
(d) Exercises

5. How does Beth feel about the memory of Ben?
(a) She appreciates Rose's hope
(b) She does not want to pretend he is alive
(c) She wants to have another child
(d) She blames Vincent and Pat

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Monty Hall problem?

2. When Beth becomes overwrought with devastation over Ben, her response is to

3. What had Reese been doing when the latest fight took place?

4. Vincent asks Candy if

5. What shows up in Reese's dream about Ben leaving the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Candy want to take Beth shopping?

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

3. Why does Tree's husband curse at her for announcing her pregnancy?

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

5. What conversation sets off Reese's heart palpitations while in Dr. Kilgore's office?

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

7. When Candy announces she will be married, what does Beth decide?

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

9. What is poor little Vincent's most pressing fear at this time?

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

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