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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 does Candy Sloan say she would rather NOT do when she talks to Spenser on the phone?

2. What do Spenser and Candy do the night they meet with Roger Hammond and have drinks together?

3. Where is Candy left stranded in Chapter 3?

4. Why do Spenser and Candy have to wait to see Roger Hammond?

5. Where does Spenser go by plane in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Candy send someone else to pick up Spenser his first morning in Los Angeles?

2. Is Spenser an intelligent person?

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

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

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

6. What kind of person is Candy?

7. Describe Candy's conversation with Peter Brewster.

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

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

10. Is Candy concerned about other people?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

The symbolism of the novel as a scene in a movie is supported with car chases, agents, and good-looking LA reporters.

1) What symbolic element in the book best represents the underlying movie industry theme of A Savage Place?

2) What symbolic elements best denotes the gap between appearance and morality in the book?

3) What symbolic element, if it was not included in the novel, would have the greatest impact in its absence, and why?

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