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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. What does Roger Hammond promise Candy he will do?
3. Who walks Spenser and Candy to their car when they leave Summit Studios?
4. What best describes Mickey Rafferty's mood when Spenser first meets him?
5. What does Candy Sloan tell Spenser she does NOT want him to do in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Candy's abduction.
2. Describe the relationship between Richard Hammond and the mob.
3. How is Mickey involved in Candy's investigation?
4. What is the tone of Spenser's first conversation with Candy Sloan?
5. Is Mickey reliable?
6. How does their one night stand affect the working relationship between Candy and Spenser?
7. Describe Spenser's feelings about Los Angeles.
8. Is Richard Hammond a powerful man?
9. How is Mickey's hostility toward Spenser resolved?
10. What clues does Spenser have in Chapters 6 and 7 that tell him Candy is on the right track with her investigation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Is there a double standard between Spenser, as a man, and Candy, as a woman, in this novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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