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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. As Spenser hangs up, he looks around and discovers what?

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

3. Who is with Vic in his car at the motel?

4. Croft eventually says that Vic stays where sometimes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when they arrive in Boston?

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

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

4. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

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

6. What happens when Susan arrives at the party?

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

8. What happens when Spenser follows Vic?

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

10. What takes place between Susan and Spenser?

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

The relationship between Spenser and Trask is very different from the one between Spenser and Healy.

Part 1) Describe the relationship Spenser has with each man.

Part 2) Why are they so different? What is the connection between one's personality and relationships?

Part 3) How does Trask's attitude towards Spenser act as foreshadowing?

(see the answer keys)

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