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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Maguire at the house?
(a) To guard the house.
(b) He is Margery's boyfriend.
(c) To prepare the bar for the party.
(d) To discuss legal matters with Margery.

2. As Spenser hangs up, he looks around and discovers what?
(a) Margery is sitting at the kitchen table crying.
(b) Margery is in a fight with a guest.
(c) Margery is dancing around the room.
(d) Margery is no longer in the kitchen.

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

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

5. At four, what does Spenser do?
(a) He leaves the house.
(b) He helps Margery to her bedroom.
(c) He goes to bed.
(d) He tells Margery's guests to go home.

6. At the party, how is Margery dressed?
(a) In jeans and a tee shirt.
(b) In a beautiful gown.
(c) In very tight clothing.
(d) In a holiday sweater.

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

8. At two-thirty am, Roger is in bed and what has happened to Margery?
(a) She has also gone to bed.
(b) She is very drunk.
(c) She is sobering up.
(d) She has become depressed.

9. Margery has called Spenser nine times. What does he do?
(a) He leaves her a note on her door.
(b) He ignores the messages.
(c) He sends her a text message.
(d) He calls her back.

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

11. At the Common, Vic stops, and what does Spenser do?
(a) He also stops.
(b) He quickly hides.
(c) He continues past him.
(d) He trips.

12. When Spenser would have helped Roger deal with Vic, what does Roger say?
(a) Vic's not worth fighting.
(b) Yes, please help me.
(c) Kevin can fight his own battles.
(d) Kevin is his son and that he'll handle the situation.

13. How does Spenser respond when Margery asks him to stay?
(a) He does not respond.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He leaves without speaking.
(d) He does not agree.

14. Is there any sign that either the front or back door has been jimmied?
(a) Possibly.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) A small sign.

15. Who does Spenser call, asking them to find out what they can about Dr. Croft?
(a) The Smithfield Police.
(b) The State Police.
(c) The County Police.
(d) The FBI.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is meeting with Vic?

2. Spenser goes to bed himself and is the first one up at what time?

3. Croft eventually says that Vic stays where sometimes?

4. They go up to Kevin's secret room, and Spenser discovers what?

5. Margery becomes increasingly ________________ and at one point tells Spenser that he's a "handsome brute."

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