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

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

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

4. What does Dolly say about the conversation that Margery is reporting?

5. Spenser says this package suggests that Kevin is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Croft act initially when Spenser meets with him?

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

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

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

5. What does Spenser tell Healy?

6. How is Margery dressed at the party?

7. What information does Dolly give Spenser?

8. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

9. Why does Margery call Spenser?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Croft is hanged by his necktie.

Part 1) Why does this murder occur?

Part 2) How does his inability to keep quiet lead to this?

Part 3) What does this reveal about Trask? How does it help end the mysteries of this case?

(see the answer keys)

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