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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Spenser begin the following day?
(a) A forty-minute shower.
(b) A forty-minute pilates class.
(c) A forty-minute swim in the Charles.
(d) A forty-minute jog along the Charles.

2. Why can Spenser not take off his white linen sport coat?
(a) It is too cold outside to go without a coat.
(b) He is sweating too much.
(c) He is only wearing a tee shirt underneath his coat.
(d) The gun at his waist would be very conspicuous in Smithfield.

3. Who are Spenser's potential clients?
(a) The Bartletts.
(b) The Bartons.
(c) The Baileys.
(d) The Burtons.

4. How does this man react when Spenser asks him whether Kevin has behavior problems, friends, or does drugs?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Hesitantly.
(d) Angrily.

5. How is Spenser unlike the police?
(a) He has better things to do.
(b) He does not care about Kevin.
(c) He has no training.
(d) He can devote all his time looking for Kevin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is mowing at the far side of the lawn?

2. What does Susan Silverman say about Kevin's identity role?

3. Why do the police and Spenser know that a better way to have handled it would have been to call with instructions at the last minute?

4. When asked if Kevin had ever run away before, what does Margery say?

5. Does Kevin seem like the kind of kid who would take his pet without taking something to carry the animal in and something to feed it?

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