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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Spenser joins who several blocks away?
(a) Trask and Healy.
(b) Vinnie.
(c) The Bartletts.
(d) The kidnapper.

2. What does Spenser learn that the Bartletts have received?
(a) A threatening phone call from an anonymous caller.
(b) A helpful tip by a neighbor.
(c) A ransom note by mail.
(d) A phone call from Kevin.

3. When Spenser asks if anyone was home when Kevin got the guinea pig, how does Margery react?
(a) Defensively.
(b) Anxiously.
(c) Happily.
(d) Angrily.

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

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

6. What is in the carport producing a steady whine?
(a) A generator.
(b) A van.
(c) A car.
(d) A motorcycle.

7. 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) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Probably.
(d) Maybe.

8. What does Dr. Croft give Margery?
(a) A prescription to have filled.
(b) A drink.
(c) A shot.
(d) A pill.

9. When Spenser tells Vic he is looking for Kevin, what do Vic and the young girl do?
(a) They deny knowing Kevin.
(b) They take Spenser to Kevin.
(c) They stay silent.
(d) They admit to knowing Kevin.

10. Who is Margery's physician?
(a) Dr. Reynold Craft.
(b) Dr. Roy Clayton.
(c) Dr. Ray Croft.
(d) Dr. Ron Corcorran.

11. Why does Spenser have a sandwich?
(a) So he can observe from a bale of hay without seeming out of place.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) So he can share some with Margery.
(d) He is bored.

12. What does Spenser not have regarding this case?
(a) Any clues that will lead him to Kevin.
(b) The desire to find Kevin.
(c) The time to find Kevin.
(d) The tools needed to find Kevin.

13. Margery continues to cry and Maguire suggests that they do what to calm her down?
(a) Tell her to breathe deeply.
(b) Put her to bed.
(c) Call her doctor to prescribe something.
(d) Sing her a song.

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

15. What does the driver of this vehicle do?
(a) He grabs Margery and the backpack.
(b) He drives by quickly.
(c) He slows and grabs the backpack from Margery.
(d) He drives slowly past Margery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spenser knows there is a man in the woods behind him. Can he see any sign of him?

2. With whom does Spenser believe Kevin hangs out?

3. Trask is notified by radio that what has happened?

4. Healy introduces himself and says that he wants "this man" to pretend to be an employee of the stables for how long?

5. When he arrives, Trask's car is there, along with what?

(see the answer keys)

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