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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Spenser decide to tell about Mickey's involvement in the corruption story, in Chapter 18?
(a) Rachel Wallace.
(b) Officer LaFountain.
(c) Detective Samuelson.
(d) Candy's boss.

2. Who gets charged with withholding information in Chapter 18?
(a) No one.
(b) Spenser.
(c) Candy.
(d) Sam Felton.

3. What best describes Sam Felton as he answers Candy's questions?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Assured.

4. Where does Sam Felton go at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) To a film shoot.
(b) To Summit Studios.
(c) Franco takes him away.
(d) To prison.

5. Who do Candy and Spenser eat lunch with at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Detective Samuelson.
(b) The station manager.
(c) A news director.
(d) Peter Brewster.

6. What was Sam Felton's involvement in the corruption?
(a) He was blackmailing Roger Hammond.
(b) He was Roger Hammond's half-brother.
(c) Skimming money.
(d) He was related to the loan shark.

7. How are Simms and Franco connected?
(a) Simms killed Franco.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They served time in prison together.
(d) Both are former stuntmen.

8. Who fires Spenser?
(a) No one.
(b) Candy.
(c) The station manager.
(d) The news director.

9. What happens to Peter Brewster's car when Spenser returns to it after following the loud noises?
(a) It has exploded.
(b) The recording is still playing.
(c) It is headed staight at him.
(d) It is gone.

10. Who wants to see Spenser prosecuted for assault and kidnapping?
(a) Rollie Simms.
(b) The District Attorney.
(c) Patrick Brewster.
(d) Detective Samuelson.

11. Why does Spenser suggest that Franco killed Felton, in response to Candy's suspicion?
(a) To prevent him from telling the mob something.
(b) To prevent Felton from telling Candy about the drug operation.
(c) That he panicked.
(d) To tie up loose ends related to the other murder.

12. What does Candy think that Peter Brewster believes?
(a) That he is in love with her.
(b) That she is in love with him.
(c) That he can get out of the blackmail incident.
(d) That he is acting on behalf of someone he loves.

13. Where does Spenser follow Candy and Peter Brewster on the night someone plans to meet with Franco?
(a) To the Oceania Properties office.
(b) To his apartment.
(c) To Summit Studios.
(d) To an oil field.

14. Who asks Candy out to dinner shortly after she is taken off the corruption story?
(a) Peter Brewster.
(b) John Arsenault.
(c) Detective Samuelson.
(d) Roger Hammond.

15. How are Spenser and Candy received at the place they look for Sam Felton, in Chapter 16?
(a) They are invited to wait for Sam.
(b) They are escorted out by security.
(c) They go unnoticed.
(d) They are not allowed in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spenser dream about at the end of the novel?

2. What is Candy's response when Spenser tries to console her in Chapter 12?

3. Who does Spenser lock in Peter Brewster's office?

4. Why does a news crew come to Peter Brewster's office?

5. Who arrives when Candy is questioning Sam Felton?

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