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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. Vincent asks Candy if
(a) She is a real officer
(b) She has ever been at his house
(c) She will stay with him
(d) She has brought Ben home

2. Vincent's therapy has been arranged for by
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His grandfather
(d) Candy

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

4. What word does Vincent say that freezes Beth's emotions toward him?
(a) Hungry
(b) Hello
(c) Help
(d) Mama

5. When Beth becomes overwrought with devastation over Ben, her response is to
(a) Laugh
(b) Scream
(c) Run
(d) Eat

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth was brought up

2. What kind of event is Beth Cappadora attending when Ben disappears?

3. In the family restaurant, Vincent gets to overhear

4. What is a clue to Pat's current attitude toward Beth?

5. What does Ben ask Santa to bring for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the reader come to know how bright Vincent is, even though he is an underachiever?

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

3. What gift does Vincent's grandfather give him as they discuss grief?

4. What does Beth's willingness to see a psychic indicate? What is Loretta's message?

5. Why does Beth agree with Laurie to undertake a photography job?

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

7. What is the theme of the restaurant opened by Pat and his father in Chicago?

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

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

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

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