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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. Late for dinner, Spenser stops for a bottle of ___________ and makes it to Susan's by ten thirty.

2. Spenser goes back in the establishment where he does what?

3. Roger tells Spenser that the entire situation sounds like what?

4. How does Spenser respond to Dolly's comment about her mother?

5. Does Croft deny knowing anything about Vic or the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Spenser follows Vic?

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

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

4. What happens the next day when Spenser goes to Vic's home?

5. Why does Margery scream?

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

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

8. What does Spenser learn about Maguire's death?

9. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

10. What takes place between Susan and Spenser?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Margery and Roger Bartlett hire Spenser to find their missing son, Kevin.

Part 1) Why do you believe this couple went to a private investigator? How might this case turned out if it had only been the police on this case?

Part 2) Describe Spenser. Is he a good investigator? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does he go about finding Kevin? How does the author show Spenser's investigative process?

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