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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. Why do Spenser and Candy stop at the Farmer's Market in Chapter 7?
(a) To escape being followed.
(b) To meet with a potential informant.
(c) To talk to a farmer who knows Hammond.
(d) To buy vegetables for dinner.

2. What does Candy Sloan say she would rather NOT do when she talks to Spenser on the phone?
(a) Drive.
(b) Give details over the phone.
(c) Give details using email.
(d) Fly.

3. What does Candy tell the person that she and Spenser go to see after leaving the Farmer's Market?
(a) This this investigation could make her career.
(b) That she has been ill.
(c) That she knows what this person has done.
(d) This she has information the person wants.

4. Why does the person in Chapter 7 tell Candy that he believes Roger Hammond is lying?
(a) Because Felton would have told him about the accusations.
(b) Because Hammond has a drug problem.
(c) Because he overheard a conversation.
(d) Because Hammond and Felton are cousins.

5. How does Roger Hammond react when Candy shares her corruption suspicions?
(a) He dismisses suspicions and calls her naive.
(b) He agrees to help if he can.
(c) He shares his own suspicions.
(d) He becomes hostile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true of Candy when Spenser first sees her in Chapter 3?

2. What did Mickey see that instigated Candy's investigation?

3. What does Spenser tell Candy about Susan the night before they visit the Oceania offices?

4. Who joins Spenser and Candy after they leave the meeting with Roger Hammond?

5. What does Spenser show Candy in the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Candy Sloan need a bodyguard?

2. Does Richard Hammond feel threatened by Candy's questions?

3. How is Mickey's hostility toward Spenser resolved?

4. How are Candy's fears of sexism confirmed during her visit to Richard Hammond?

5. How is Mickey involved in Candy's investigation?

6. What kind of person is Candy?

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

8. How does Spenser first hear about Candy Sloan?

9. Describe Richard Hammond's reaction to Candy's allegations of corruption.

10. Describe the relationship between Richard Hammond and the mob.

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