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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. Just as Spenser is becoming aggravated at having to lay on the bench in the rain, what happens?
(a) Vic leaves with a woman.
(b) Vic is attacked by a man in dark clothing.
(c) A tall man approaches Vic and trades a briefcase for an envelope Vic takes from an inside pocket.
(d) A woman approaches Vic and speaks with him.

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

3. Since Spenser is not near his car, he runs back in that direction, hoping to do what?
(a) Not be seen.
(b) Get to his car before Vic does.
(c) Catch up with Vic.
(d) Call for backup.

4. Spenser goes back in the establishment where he does what?
(a) Goes to a phone and calls the police.
(b) Tells Race what has happened.
(c) Sits in the sauna.
(d) Has cognac and warms up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Spenser examine the house?

2. At the Common, Vic stops, and what does Spenser do?

3. The following morning, a Saturday, Margery opens a package that arrives in the mail to discover what?

4. Why does Spenser cut across the woods, arriving at the crest of a hill?

5. Why does Margery eventually leave the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Spenser tell Healy?

2. What happens when they arrive in Boston?

3. What does Henry learn about Vic at Race's Faces?

4. What does Margery request of Spenser? What is his response?

5. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

6. How does Dr. Croft act initially when Spenser meets with him?

7. What happens at the Odds' End bar?

8. What information does Dolly give Spenser?

9. What does Spenser learn at the Harbor Health Club?

10. What happens when Spenser follows Vic to a motel?

(see the answer keys)

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