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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Healy shows Spenser two sheets of paper, each inside a transparent cover. The first is what?
(a) A photograph of Kevin.
(b) A hand-drawn comic strip featuring a voluptuous woman dressed in a mini-skirt and seated at a bar.
(c) A blank sheet of paper.
(d) A letter created by cutting out various fonts from magazine article titles.

2. What is the ransom amount?
(a) Fifty-thousand dollars.
(b) Five-thousand dollars.
(c) Fifteen-hundred dollars.
(d) Fifteen-thousand dollars.

3. On the morning of the pickup, Spenser watches as Margery does what?
(a) Hides in her house.
(b) Walks to the woods.
(c) Cries in her room.
(d) Gets out of the car and stands on the corner.

4. When he arrives, Trask's car is there, along with what?
(a) A Massachusetts State Police car.
(b) A renta-cop car.
(c) A Smithfield Police car.
(d) A Suffolk County Police car.

5. What does Spenser learn that the Bartletts have received?
(a) A helpful tip by a neighbor.
(b) A threatening phone call from an anonymous caller.
(c) A phone call from Kevin.
(d) A ransom note by mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Trask says that they can set up a stakeout to catch the kidnappers. What does Spenser suggest?

2. When Spenser says that he wants to "rent a high-spirited palomino stallion with a hand-tooled Spanish leather saddle and silver-studded bridle", Healy does what?

3. Why can Spenser not take off his white linen sport coat?

4. Why does Spenser have a sandwich?

5. What is the one thing that Kevin took from home?

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