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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. Who is meeting with Vic?

2. Spenser wakes just after ten the next morning and goes where?

3. Just as Spenser is becoming aggravated at having to lay on the bench in the rain, what happens?

4. Where has Race seen Vic?

5. How does Margery respond to this?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Dolly give Spenser?

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

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

5. What happens when Spenser arrives at the Bartletts' home?

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

7. How is Margery dressed at the party?

8. Why does Margery call Spenser?

9. What happens when Spenser discovers more business cards like the one Fraser had?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Spenser and Susan grow close.

Part 1) Describe their first encounter. How does this foreshadow a developing intimate relationship?

Part 2) Why do they feel a connection? What causes this?

Part 3) Why does Spenser involve Susan in this case? Should he have involved her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Spenser gains many clues through Vic.

Part 1) How does he encounter Vic? How does he prepare for these encounters?

Part 2) What clues does he receive through Vic? How are these clues significant?

Part 3) Are any of these clues necessary for finding Kevin? If so, which ones and why? If not, why not?

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