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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 best describes Mickey Rafferty's mood when Spenser first meets him?

2. What does the person who calls Spenser in Chapter 3 tell him?

3. Where is the first place Candy goes at the Farmer's Market in Chapter 7?

4. Under what circumstances do Candy and Spenser leave Roger Hammond's office?

5. Where does Spenser go with Mickey Rafferty in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Candy's conversation with Peter Brewster.

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

3. Describe Mickey Rafferty.

4. What is the relationship between Candy and Mickey?

5. How does their one night stand affect the working relationship between Candy and Spenser?

6. Is Spenser an intelligent person?

7. Describe Candy's abduction.

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

9. How well do Spenser and Candy work together?

10. Describe Spenser's personality.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Candy and Susan are used to represent different aspects of femininity as the only two women in A Savage Place. Compare and contrast these two woman and their impact on the story, and the author's message about women in the world today.

Essay Topic 2

Despite Candy's desire to succeed in a man's world, her ultimate goal of breaking the corruption story was ultimately completed, after her death, by Spenser. What message is the author trying to send about women in the story? How do this character's actions, and her reliance on and use of the men in the story, affect that theme?

Essay Topic 3

How are exploitation, morality, and success interwoven in characters and themes in a Savage Place?

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