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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. What has happened outside?

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

3. Why does Spenser pull his gun?

4. Margery is on the phone, talking to whom?

5. Describe the fight.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Spenser follows Vic?

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

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

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

5. What does Spenser tell Healy?

6. Why does Margery scream?

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

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

9. What does Margery request of Spenser? What is his response?

10. Why was Maguire at the house? What is Margery's response when asked if she knows of anyone who would want to kill Maguire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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?

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