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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 driver do after passing Spenser?
(a) He hits a tree.
(b) He drives off towards the interstate.
(c) He parks in the driveway.
(d) He heads onto the bridle path behind the stables.

2. To what does Spenser compare private investigating?
(a) Football.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Dance.

3. He goes home and calls Susan, inviting her to what?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A movie.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A ball game.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Spenser joins who several blocks away?

2. What does the driver of this vehicle do?

3. What is the impression Susan has about Vic?

4. When Healy lifts the lid of the box, what does he find?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Trask react to Spenser's arrival? Why?

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

4. What does Spenser note about the Bartlett home?

5. How do the Bartletts respond to the knowledge of the hearse and coffin?

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

7. What information does Susan Silverman give about Kevin?

8. What is done regarding a stakeout?

9. How well has Healy overseen the set up of the stakeout?

10. What is odd about the ransom note?

(see the answer keys)

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