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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. She calls the following morning and says what?

2. Where does the driver of this vehicle head?

3. Who says the man in the woods lost sight of the vehicle's driver?

4. Margery continues to cry and Maguire suggests that they do what to calm her down?

5. What does Spenser tell Susan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Healy, Trask, and Spenser discuss?

2. What information does Mr. Moriarty give Spenser?

3. Has Kevin ever run away before?

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

5. What information does Susan Silverman give about Kevin?

6. Who pulls up to Margery? Why?

7. What does Spenser learn at the stable?

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

9. Who is in the Bartlett home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Susan and Spenser discuss Dr. Croft at the party.

Part 1) Why do they discuss him? What does this reveal about both Susan and Spenser?

Part 2) What does this reveal about Dr. Croft? How does help to explain what is later discovered about him?

Part 3) How are subtle details, such as this seemingly unimportant discussion, used as clues to solve the case?

Essay Topic 2

Spenser brings the Bartletts to find their son.

Part 1) How do the parents react when they see Vic and Kevin?

Part 2) Why does Roger want to fight Vic alone? What does this reveal about his character?

Part 3) Does Kevin react the way his father would hope? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

This case ends with the return of Kevin.

Part 1) What might be Kevin's fate now that it is learned he was not kidnapped as first thought?

Part 2) What will happen to Vic? Will Kevin try to help him? Why or why not?

Part 3) What might come of the other characters in the book, now that the case is over?

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