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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. Turning to Nick for understanding about Sam's loneliness, Nick
(a) Feels Pat is going to ruin Sam
(b) Thinks Vincent will bring Sam around
(c) Wishes she would change the subject
(d) Feels the same as Pat, that Sam will adjust

2. What unusual gesture does Beth make toward Kerry?
(a) She buys her a pizza
(b) She pats Kerry's head
(c) She puts in a cartoon movie
(d) She holds her and strokes her hair

3. What does Beth realize about herself on this day/
(a) How much her career is about to change
(b) How little love she has given to Vincent
(c) How much Ben's kidnapping was her fault
(d) How disengaged she has been from her family

4. During her day spent with Sam, Beth begins to understandto
(a) Sam's pain at being torn from his old life
(b) Sam's hatred for Vincent and Kerry
(c) Sam's ability to sing
(d) Sam's anger at Cecil Lockhart

5. Beth is considering
(a) Remarrying
(b) Returning to college
(c) Being a waitress at the restaurant
(d) Putting Vincent in reform school

Short Answer Questions

1. Ben is somewhat distraught over the fact that

2. George Karras is a loving

3. Ben assures Beth that his parents were

4. Vincent and Ben begin to bond with

5. What is the name of the neighbor boy who knocks at Beth's door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it that prompted Cecil to kidnap Ben?

2. What important detail does Sam share with Reese when he visits Reese is in jail?

3. Is Vincent's thesis topic ironic? Why, or why not?

4. How would you describe the ending of this story? Is it happy? Is the story a tragedy?

5. What might have been the reason that Vincent did not share the unfortunate interaction with his coach with Dr. Kilgore?

6. How did the FBI botch the job when they were involved in the search for Ben?

7. What does the boy who knocks at Beth's door want?

8. What is the most astonishing thing about the Cappadoras finding Ben?

9. What does Beth discover when Vincent leaves for school on this memorable morning when the family is about to re-claim Ben? How does it make her feel?

10. Why will Cecil Lockhart not have to pay a price for having kidnapped Ben?

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