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

2. Is there any sign that either the front or back door has been jimmied?

3. What does Spenser find when he returns from shopping?

4. Why was Maguire at the house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Spenser know there are no signs of a break in?

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

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

4. How does Margery respond when Spenser asks if they know anyone who might be mad at them?

5. What happens when Spenser follows Vic?

6. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

7. What does Margery discover in a package? What does Spenser have to say about this?

8. Why does Margery call Spenser?

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

10. What information does Dolly give Spenser?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There is possibly a third party involved with Vic and Croft.

Part 1) Of the characters in this story, who might the third party be and why?

Part 2) What might have been this person's role in the kidnapping?

Part 3) What clues lead you to believe that this person might have been the third accomplice and played that specific role in the kidnapping?

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