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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Beth spend so much time in Candy's office?
(a) She wants Candy to protect her
(b) She can escape the press there
(c) It is where she feels closest to Ben
(d) It is a place of peace and quiet

2. In what way are Beth and her father, Bill, alike?
(a) Both are organized and strong
(b) Both love to play golf
(c) Both are doting parents to their children
(d) Both are somewhat immature and helpless

3. Pat Cappadora's parents are
(a) Long divorced
(b) Both ill
(c) Caterers
(d) Restaurant owners

4. Pat tells Vincent that he
(a) Saved his life
(b) Loves him
(c) Wished he were not there
(d) Wants to go home

5. The restaurant is designed and decorated
(a) In bold modern colors
(b) Extravagantly
(c) In a country style
(d) Simply

6. What favor does Laurie do for Beth?
(a) Sends her resume out
(b) Gets her a photography job
(c) Gives her a list of employers
(d) Rewrites her resume

7. Why did Beth fail to photograph Candy's wedding?
(a) She was drunk and in a hotel room with Nick
(b) She drank too much at lunch and fell to sleep
(c) Candy told her to forget it and relax
(d) Beth decided she could not handle a wedding

8. What is Beth's state of mind with regard to the gathering?
(a) She is morose and does not want to see these people
(b) She wishes she could skip this trip
(c) She is looking forward to drinking and partying
(d) She is sad about her past

9. What shows up in Reese's dream about Ben leaving the hotel?
(a) A dark haired girl in jeans
(b) A fatherly older man
(c) A sinster elderly man
(d) An elderly, skinny woman

10. What does Vincent seem to be most worried about?
(a) How many bad guys there are
(b) Where his next meal will come from
(c) How long his dad will be at work
(d) What might happen to Carrie

11. Beth slowly begins to
(a) Rebuild her life
(b) Diminish into oblivion
(c) Withdraw from the world for good
(d) Withdraw from Pat for good

12. Why does Ellen blame herself for Ben's disappearance?
(a) She had said she would watch Ben while Ellen took care of business
(b) She wanted Beth to bring her kids along to the reunion
(c) She put Beth's room on her credit card, forcing Beth to go to the hotel desk
(d) She is the one who pushed Beth to go to the reunion.

13. Why did the first young couple need to come to a private photographer?
(a) It is a mixed marriage
(b) Because the bride is pregnant
(c) They want to associate with someone famous
(d) The couples' parents want to help Beth

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

15. Beth learns that parents who lose children often
(a) Renew their vows
(b) Become more tightly bonded
(c) Grow apart from one another
(d) Blame the child

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth's attitude toward her husband and children is

2. What is Beth's assumption about Ben at this time in the story?

3. Beth has never, in her life,

4. Vincent asks Candy if

5. Rose thinks Beth has lost

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