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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. Who gets charged with withholding information in Chapter 18?

2. What was Sam Felton's involvement in the corruption?

3. How does Candy feel about the possibility that Peter Brewster might harm her?

4. Who does Candy tell Spenser she is going to have dinner with the night after her dinner with him?

5. Why does a news crew come to Peter Brewster's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Candy hinder the police investigation into Mickey Rafferty's death?

3. How does Candy feel about using sex to get information from Peter Brewster?

4. What prediction does Spenser make about Franco, and what is it's result?

5. Which characters in the novel get what they deserve?

6. Does Spenser respect Candy?

7. How do Candy and Spenser get into Sam Felton's house?

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

9. What does Spenser do after finding Candy's dead body?

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

The character of Spenser is one used by author Robert B. Parker in a numerous series of novels. What is it about the character of Spenser that makes readers want to read about him more than once? Discuss the specific character traits that make Spenser likable and easy for readers to relate to.

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

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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