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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bartletts' house look like?
(a) Yellow with green shutters and a slate 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 tiled roof.

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

3. What does Spenser quickly learn about horses?
(a) They are lazy.
(b) They are very dangerous.
(c) They are very intelligent.
(d) They are not overly intelligent.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Margery to have the money in a book bag?

2. Describe Kevin's room.

3. By what does Spenser say kidnappings are usually motivated?

4. 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?

5. How does this man react when Spenser presses him for information?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Spenser tell the Bartletts he will do?

2. What information does Mr. Moriarty give Spenser?

3. Describe the phone call.

4. What is in the coffin?

5. What is odd about the ransom note?

6. How does Spenser begin his day?

7. What does Spenser notice about the inside of the home?

8. Has Kevin ever run away before?

9. On what does Spenser fill Susan in?

10. What does Spenser realize about Susan? What does he do about this? What is her response?

(see the answer keys)

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