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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Beth been doing when the boy comes to her door?
2. How did the FBI handle the possibility of Cecil's involvement in Ben's kidnapping
3. Unlike Beth, her own children have always known
4. Beth's romantic feelings about Nick are dissolved when she learns
5. What seems to have happened to Beth on this day?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Candy feel about Ben's reappearance?
2. What is the most astonishing thing about the Cappadoras finding Ben?
3. What is a clue that Sam is going downhill living with the Cappadoras?
4. How does Vincent present himself to his long-lost little brother, Sam?
5. 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?
6. Why did Vincent not mention the kid he thought might be Ben?
7. Ben has disappeared again. Where has he gone, and why?
8. What effect does seeing Ben have on Beth? Why?
9. How does Beth steady herself for photographing scenes?
10. What small detail of Ben's disappearance does Reese finally discuss in words with Dr. Kilgore?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the Cappadora family and the Kerry family. What traits do we see, and how have they affected the two generations that are the main characters in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Pretend you are a psychologist. Make a list of the traits displayed by Beth Cappadora. Go on the Internet and gain a cursory understanding of them, and write an essay describing her character and what her childhood may have been like. Draw a conclusion as to what you believe is her basic, underlying psychological problem.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the characters from this story and write an in-depth description of the effects on the character from the moment of Ben's disappearance until the end of the story. Provide details of, not only what is evident, but what might not be evident. (For instance, we do not know how Vincent felt about the neighbors' comments about having to take care of him, but what kind of effect might this utlimately have had on him?
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