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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who on the steps yells for Vic?
(a) A girl.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A boy.
(d) Kevin.

2. By the time Spenser and Roger return to the kitchen, Margery is well on her way to doing what?
(a) Getting drunk.
(b) Losing her mind.
(c) Preparing dinner.
(d) Putting the groceries away.

3. How does the man introduce himself?
(a) As Victor.
(b) As Vinnie.
(c) As Vincent.
(d) As Vic.

4. When he arrives, Trask's car is there, along with what?
(a) A Smithfield Police car.
(b) A Suffolk County Police car.
(c) A Massachusetts State Police car.
(d) A renta-cop car.

5. When Roger learns of this spoof, how does he react?
(a) Mad, scared, and mournful.
(b) Uncertain.
(c) Happy.
(d) Relieved.

6. What is the Labrador's name?
(a) Punkin.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Brownie.
(d) Sweetie.

7. How much money does Roger say that Margery spends on clothing?
(a) Not enough.
(b) A little too much.
(c) Enough to pay for counseling for twenty years.
(d) The right amount.

8. At what does Spenser look carefully?
(a) Traffic.
(b) The mailbox.
(c) The house.
(d) The trees.

9. What is the phone call?
(a) A telemarketer.
(b) A prank call by a group of teenagers.
(c) An elaborate spoof.
(d) A serious call from the kidnappers.

10. To whom does Spenser attribute this hiding man?
(a) His overseeing of the set up.
(b) Roger's overseeing of the set up.
(c) Healy's overseeing of the set up.
(d) Trask's overseeing of the set up.

11. What does the Bartletts' house look like?
(a) Green with yellow shutters and a tiled roof.
(b) Green with yellow shutters and a slate roof.
(c) Yellow with green shutters and a slate roof.
(d) Yellow with green shutters and a tiled roof.

12. He goes home and calls Susan, inviting her to what?
(a) Lunch.
(b) A ball game.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A movie.

13. 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?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Probably.

14. Spenser makes the final decision to do what?
(a) Stake out the pickup site.
(b) Follow the kidnappers.
(c) Stake out the school.
(d) Stake out the forest.

15. By what is Spenser momentarily distracted?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A motorcycle with a small front wheel and sissy bar.
(c) A large white van.
(d) A bright red corvette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Healy shows Spenser two sheets of paper, each inside a transparent cover. The first is what?

2. How many options are there as to where the kidnappers might have come out of the woods?

3. What does Spenser then say about this case?

4. What is Vic?

5. Of what is there a lot around the house?

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