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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Vic?

2. When Spenser says that he wants to "rent a high-spirited palomino stallion with a hand-tooled Spanish leather saddle and silver-studded bridle", Healy does what?

3. What does Spenser quickly learn about horses?

4. At whom does Roger yell after being finished with yelling at Spenser?

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. Why has Kevin never received psychiatric counseling?

3. What is known about Kevin at this point?

4. Why does Susan call Spenser the following morning? What happens after that?

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

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

7. What does Spenser tell Susan about this case?

8. Who is in the Bartlett home?

9. What is odd about the ransom note?

10. Who pulls up to Margery? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spenser visits a health club and a photography studio.

Part 1) Why does he visit these locations? How does he seem to know these people?

Part 2) How do these people help Spenser? Why do they help him?

Part 3) How important is the information Spenser receives from these two people? Could he have solved the case without their help? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

A ransom note is sent, and a stakeout is planned and implemented.

Part 1) Describe the note. What is odd about it, according to Spenser and Healy?

Part 2) What does this mean about those who wrote the note?

Part 3) How does this note affect the response of the police and Spenser?

Essay Topic 3

Spenser has a sense of humor and is very sarcastic.

Part 1) Describe Spenser's sense of humor and sarcasm. How does it affect his relationships?

Part 2) How does his humor and sarcasm help him in his investigative work?

Part 3) How does this humor and sarcasm affect the reader, one's engagement in the book? Why?

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