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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. Trask pats Margery's hand and promises that they'll get Kevin back, which Healy likens to what?
(a) John Wayne's role in the 1956 film, The Searchers.
(b) Clint Eastwood's role in the 1971 film, Dirty Harry.
(c) Harrison Ford's role in the 1981 film, Indiana Jones.
(d) Robert Redford's role in the 1977 film, A Bridge Too Far.

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

3. How is Spenser unlike the police?
(a) He has no training.
(b) He has better things to do.
(c) He can devote all his time looking for Kevin.
(d) He does not care about Kevin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ransom amount?

2. Where does Dolly go after emerging again from the house?

3. She calls the following morning and says what?

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. What does Spenser learn that the Bartletts have received?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Kevin never received psychiatric counseling?

2. On what does Spenser fill Susan in?

3. Who is in the Bartlett home?

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

5. What happens when Spenser arrives back at the Bartlett home?

6. What does Spenser do for the next two days?

7. Who has come to Spenser's office? Why are they there?

8. What does Spenser note about the Bartlett home?

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

10. What is done regarding a stakeout?

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