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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 is the first thing Candy wants to do when she returns to work?

2. What does Spenser note about Los Angeles in Chapter 3?

3. What does Sam Felton tell Candy when she asks him about her suspicions?

4. What does Spenser notice as he and Candy are leaving Summit Studios?

5. What causes Spenser to speak rudely to Peter Brewster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mickey Rafferty.

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

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

5. Is Candy concerned about other people?

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

7. Does Spenser have a strong sense of morals?

8. Is Richard Hammond a powerful man?

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

10. What kind of person is Candy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sex in A Savage Place is used, much like murder, as a means to an end.

1) What does Spenser and Candy's one night stand represent?

2) How is the fact that Candy and Peter Brewster have sex important to the pace of the story?

3) How are sex, murder and the movie industry connected in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Ambition seems to fuel many elements of A Savage Place. Candy's ambition, in particular, to succeed at her job seems to lead her to her death. How would the story be different if Candy's main motivation was to right a wrong, rather than to pursue her career?

Essay Topic 3

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

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