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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Spenser sit while he plans his next move?
(a) On a chair in the lobby.
(b) In his car.
(c) Outside Vic's motel room.
(d) In a motel room.

2. What does Dolly say about the conversation that Margery is reporting?
(a) It is meaningless.
(b) It never happened.
(c) It is completely fabricated.
(d) There is more to it.

3. Roger tells Spenser that the entire situation sounds like what?
(a) A joke.
(b) Greed.
(c) A lie.
(d) Revenge.

4. Just as he begins to search, he hears who scream from outside?
(a) Margery.
(b) Susan.
(c) Roger.
(d) Dolly.

5. Croft says that he knows about Vic simply by what?
(a) Having attended the same school.
(b) Reputation.
(c) His photographs.
(d) His friendship with Kevin.

6. What is done with Kevin?
(a) He returns home with his parents.
(b) He stays with Vic.
(c) He is taken to a psychiatrist.
(d) He is put in a juvenile detention center.

7. Where has Race seen Vic?
(a) At another gym called Elite Fitness.
(b) At his photo studio earlier in the week.
(c) At a bar called The Odds' End.
(d) At a bar called The Odd Man Out.

8. What is Vaughn's response to Spenser's questioning regarding Margery?
(a) She had become drunk and tripped over his foot.
(b) She had teased him into thinking they were going outside to be alone but then changed her mind.
(c) She ran away when she saw Vic coming towards her.
(d) She fainted from the shock of seeing Kevin.

9. When Vaughn arrives, for what does he ask?
(a) Ms. Margery's room.
(b) A room.
(c) Mr. Victor's room.
(d) Vic's room.

10. Who helps Spenser examine the house?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Healy.
(c) Trask.
(d) Margery.

11. What has Maguire's death been ruled?
(a) A homicide.
(b) A death from natural causes.
(c) A suicide.
(d) An accident.

12. What has happened outside?
(a) Kevin has returned.
(b) Vic has arrived to kill Margery.
(c) Vaughn has hold of Margery.
(d) Margery has tripped and fallen.

13. How does Margery respond to this?
(a) Sadly.
(b) With anger.
(c) Sarcastically.
(d) With surprise.

14. The following morning, a Saturday, Margery opens a package that arrives in the mail to discover what?
(a) Kevin's money.
(b) Kevin's lucky penny.
(c) Kevin's photograph.
(d) Kevin's guinea pig, dead.

15. Does Margery deny she has vengeful ex-lovers?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Not completely.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Spenser say that it's evident Kevin and Vic will be returning soon?

2. What does Race say about Vic?

3. Vic's house is quiet and even the generator isn't running. Spenser watches the house until one twenty-two, when Kevin and Vic emerge, get into Vic's car, and leave. Spenser remains at his position throughout the day and into the night. Do Vic and Kevin return?

4. How does Spenser respond when Margery asks him to stay?

5. What does Spenser find when he returns from shopping?

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