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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 is the Labrador's name?

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

3. Where does Dolly go after emerging again from the house?

4. Healy shows Spenser two sheets of paper, each inside a transparent cover. The first is what?

5. Healy introduces himself and says that he wants "this man" to pretend to be an employee of the stables for how long?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Susan call Spenser the following morning? What happens after that?

2. What is done regarding a stakeout?

3. Who pulls up to Margery? Why?

4. What does Spenser notice about the inside of the home?

5. What information does Mr. Moriarty give Spenser?

6. How well has Healy overseen the set up of the stakeout?

7. Has Kevin ever run away before?

8. Why has Kevin never received psychiatric counseling?

9. What happens when Spenser arrives back at the Bartlett home?

10. On what does Spenser fill Susan in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susan and Spenser discuss Dr. Croft at the party.

Part 1) Why do they discuss him? What does this reveal about both Susan and Spenser?

Part 2) What does this reveal about Dr. Croft? How does help to explain what is later discovered about him?

Part 3) How are subtle details, such as this seemingly unimportant discussion, used as clues to solve the case?

Essay Topic 2

The relationship between Spenser and Trask is very different from the one between Spenser and Healy.

Part 1) Describe the relationship Spenser has with each man.

Part 2) Why are they so different? What is the connection between one's personality and relationships?

Part 3) How does Trask's attitude towards Spenser act as foreshadowing?

Essay Topic 3

There is possibly a third party involved with Vic and Croft.

Part 1) Of the characters in this story, who might the third party be and why?

Part 2) What might have been this person's role in the kidnapping?

Part 3) What clues lead you to believe that this person might have been the third accomplice and played that specific role in the kidnapping?

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