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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. What does Spenser show Candy in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) A short cut.
(b) A picture of Susan.
(c) How to use a gun.
(d) A self-defense manuever.

2. What does Spenser decide about the person waiting near Candy's car in Chapter 7?
(a) This person knows more than he or she is saying.
(b) This person is going to be of use.
(c) This person has no more information.
(d) This person is being used.

3. What does Spenser note about Los Angeles in Chapter 3?
(a) People look different than they do in Boston.
(b) Two streets have the same name.
(c) It's sunny and smoggy at the same time.
(d) They have fresh fruit everywhere.

4. What does Spenser tell Candy to do when he calls her at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) To get her car and drive straight home.
(b) To stay hidden.
(c) To call Mickey and have him pick her up.
(d) To get her car and pick him up.

5. Who walks Spenser and Candy to their car when they leave Summit Studios?
(a) Mickey Rafferty.
(b) Security guards.
(c) A secretary.
(d) Roger Hammond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mickey do at the end of Chapter 3?

2. Who is Mickey Rafferty?

3. Who gave Spenser the material he is reading when the novel opens?

4. What does Spenser hear that causes him to drive around the corner at the end of Chapter 7?

5. Who is Candy Sloan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Spenser's feelings about Los Angeles.

2. What clues does Spenser have in Chapters 6 and 7 that tell him Candy is on the right track with her investigation?

3. Is Spenser a sympathetic person?

4. How does Spenser first hear about Candy Sloan?

5. Describe Mickey Rafferty.

6. What is the tone of Spenser's first conversation with Candy Sloan?

7. Is Spenser an intelligent person?

8. Describe Spenser's personality.

9. What is the relationship between Candy and Mickey?

10. Is Candy concerned about other people?

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