View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Spenser respond to the offer he receives from the person in Chapter 19?
(a) He accepts, but later changes his mind.
(b) He refuses.
(c) He says he'll think about it.
(d) He accepts.

2. What is the first thing that Sam Felton does when Spenser and Candy join him, after his invitation, in Chapter 17?
(a) Offers them a drink.
(b) Gives them a disc.
(c) Takes them into a private room.
(d) Leaves to wash his hands.

3. What does Candy tell Samuelson about the bribe?
(a) That she got an anonymous tip.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That she is the witness.
(d) That Mickey is the witness.

4. Where does Spenser go at 9:40 the morning after he reports a murder?
(a) To Summit Studios.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) For a run.
(d) To Peter Brewster's office.

5. What best describes the way Spenser spends his days in Chapter 22?
(a) He follows Peter Brewster.
(b) He works security at the station.
(c) He follows Candy to work and on her dates.
(d) He follows Roger Hammond.

6. Who is revealed to have been a collection agent for a loan shark?
(a) Levi.
(b) Franco.
(c) Sam Felton.
(d) Mickey Rafferty.

7. Who does Spenser find in Peter Brewster's office when he breaks in, in Chapter 27?
(a) Peter Brewster's secretary.
(b) Peter Brewster and his attorney.
(c) Peter Brewster and a security guard.
(d) Roger Hammond and Peter Brewster.

8. What is revealed about Mickey when a police officer comes to Candy's house?
(a) He is in the hospital.
(b) He is missing.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He lied about witnessing the bribe.

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

10. Where does Spenser go, after finding the dead bodies?
(a) Candy's house.
(b) Peter Brewster's house.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Summit Studios.

11. Who kills the young blond man in Chapter 17?
(a) Sam Felton.
(b) Candy.
(c) It's unknown.
(d) Franco.

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

13. Where does Detective Samuelson take Spenser at the end of the novel?
(a) To Candy's apartment.
(b) To jail.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To lunch.

14. Why does Candy tell Spenser that she believes Franco killed Felton, after she is told to stop investigating the story?
(a) To cover up something bigger than a blackmail scam.
(b) To protect Peter Brewster.
(c) To cover up a drug operation being run out of the studio.
(d) To hide another murder.

15. Where is Spenser nearly run off by police after reporting the murder?
(a) Oceania offices.
(b) Summit Studios.
(c) The murder scene.
(d) Peter Brewster's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Candy and Spenser eat lunch with at the beginning of Chapter 19?

2. What does Spenser tell Peter Brewster that Brewster is going to do?

3. Where do Spenser and Candy go to find Sam Felton in Chapter 16?

4. What does Spenser do at the end of Chapter 15?

5. Why did Franco kill Sam Felton?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 573 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample