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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 causes Spenser to speak rudely to Peter Brewster?

2. Why do Spenser and Candy stop at the Farmer's Market in Chapter 7?

3. Why does the person in Chapter 7 tell Candy that he believes Roger Hammond is lying?

4. Who does Candy think Sam Felton is involved with?

5. Who first calls Spenser in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Spenser's feelings about Los Angeles.

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

3. Is Candy's ambition a positive trait?

4. Is Spenser an intelligent person?

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

6. Is Spenser a sympathetic person?

7. What is revealed about Spenser by the way he deals with the man who follows Candy in Chapter 7?

8. Describe Spenser's personality.

9. Describe Mickey Rafferty.

10. How does Spenser first hear about Candy Sloan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the pace and tone of a Savage Place impacted by literary techniques like foreshadowing, contrast, and setting?

Essay Topic 2

The relationships in A Savage Place are a bit complex. Answer the following questions on the relationships that follow.

1) How is Spenser's ability to act as a bodyguard affected once he has sex with Candy?

2) How is the reader's perception of Spenser based on his relationships with others?

3) Does Candy use the men she is involved with, or does she genuinely care for them?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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