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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Kevin's room.
(a) Very dirty.
(b) Obsessively neat.
(c) A typical teenager's room.
(d) Fairly organized.

2. What is the impression Susan has about Vic?
(a) He is a kind man.
(b) He is in love with Kevin.
(c) There is something strange about him.
(d) There is something interesting about him.

3. Why does the police chief not trust Spenser?
(a) He knows nothing about Spenser.
(b) He knows Spenser was fired from the AG's office.
(c) They grew up together.
(d) He used to work with him.

4. What is on the side of the Bartletts' blue Dodge Club van?
(a) A new paint job.
(b) A big scratch.
(c) Bartlett Realty.
(d) Bartlett Construction.

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

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

7. With whom does Spenser first speak at Smithfield High School?
(a) Mr. White, the Principal.
(b) Mr. Thompson, the head of the faculty.
(c) Mr. Poyser, the Dean of Students.
(d) Mr. Moriarty, the Assistant Principal.

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

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

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

11. When asked if Kevin had ever run away before, what does Margery say?
(a) No.
(b) Probably.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

12. What is the ransom amount?
(a) Fifteen-hundred dollars.
(b) Fifty-thousand dollars.
(c) Fifteen-thousand dollars.
(d) Five-thousand dollars.

13. Of what will Margery not approve?
(a) Giving in to the kidnapper.
(b) Anything too elaborate.
(c) A stakeout.
(d) Anything that might cause Kevin to get his head cut off.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Spenser tells Vic he is looking for Kevin, what do Vic and the young girl do?

2. On the morning of the pickup, Spenser watches as Margery does what?

3. Healy and Spenser arrive at the stable and meet who?

4. To what does Spenser compare private investigating?

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

(see the answer keys)

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