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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. Why does Candy tell Spenser that she believes Franco killed Felton, after she is told to stop investigating the story?
2. What does Spenser do at the end of Chapter 15?
3. What happens to Peter Brewster's car when Spenser returns to it after following the loud noises?
4. Who does Spenser decide to tell about Mickey's involvement in the corruption story, in Chapter 18?
5. What does the news crew do at Peter Brewster's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of Spenser teaching Candy how to shoot a gun?
2. What prediction does Spenser make about Franco, and what is it's result?
3. How does Candy feel about using sex to get information from Peter Brewster?
4. Why do Candy and Spenser go to visit Sam Felton?
5. How does Candy react to being told to stop working on the corruption investigation story?
6. Why does Candy hinder the police investigation into Mickey Rafferty's death?
7. What are Spenser's feelings about Candy's relationship with Peter Brewster?
8. Describe Franco's known background.
9. How does Spenser try to keep Candy safe from Peter Brewster?
10. What is the connection between Peter Brewster and Sam Felton?
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
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 3
Is there a double standard between Spenser, as a man, and Candy, as a woman, in this novel?
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