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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 the news crew do at Peter Brewster's office?

2. What is Candy's response when Spenser tries to console her in Chapter 12?

3. What does Spenser find when he first approaches Peter Brewster's car the night of the meeting with Franco?

4. Who is planning on meeting with Franco on the night that Candy is planning to have dinner with Peter Brewster?

5. What does Spenser tell Peter Brewster that Brewster is going to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Spenser go to Peter Brewster's office after Candy is killed?

2. What leads Spenser to suspect that Sam Felton is behind the attacks on Candy?

3. Describe Spenser's relationship with Detective Samuelson.

4. What are Spenser's feelings about Candy's relationship with Peter Brewster?

5. What does Candy learn about the corruption investigation from Peter Brewster?

6. What is the connection between Peter Brewster and Sam Felton?

7. How does Candy react to being told to stop working on the corruption investigation story?

8. Describe Franco's visit to Sam Felton's house.

9. Describe the events leading to Candy's death at the oil field.

10. Why does Spenser refuse the extra week's pay he is offered by Candy's boss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are exploitation, morality, and success interwoven in characters and themes in a Savage Place?

Essay Topic 2

Many elements of A Savage Place seem ready made for the big screen: car chases, sex, corruption and murder, all on a large scale. Imagine that the author wrote this novel, not as a detective story, but as a narrative of the event. What elements would need to be changed? Consider things like names, settings, and events in your response.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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