View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is meeting with Vic?
(a) Roger.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Dr. Croft.
(d) Susan.

2. Why does Spenser cut across the woods, arriving at the crest of a hill?
(a) So that he has a good view of the house.
(b) So that he can have an escape if it is needed.
(c) So that he can be hidden from view.
(d) So that he can have a good view of the neighborhood.

3. How does Spenser respond to Trask?
(a) He calmly tells Trask that he's going to talk to Healy and that he's certain they'll be in touch before walking out of the police station.
(b) He calmly tells him to stop yelling.
(c) He pushes him away.
(d) He fights back but is unable to get out of Trask's grasp.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Spenser would have helped Roger deal with Vic, what does Roger say?

2. What is done with Kevin?

3. Whose life is threatened, other than Kevin's?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Spenser find the Bartletts when he returns?

2. How does Spenser know there are no signs of a break in?

3. Why was Maguire at the house? What is Margery's response when asked if she knows of anyone who would want to kill Maguire?

4. What happens when Spenser arrives at Vic's?

5. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

6. How is Margery dressed at the party?

7. What does Spenser tell Healy?

8. What information does Dolly give Spenser?

9. What is discovered in Kevin's secret room in the barn?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 874 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample