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

2. What does Dolly say is common knowledge about her mother?

3. When Vaughn arrives, for what does he ask?

4. At two-thirty am, Roger is in bed and what has happened to Margery?

5. At the party, how is Margery dressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

5. What happens when Spenser follows Vic?

6. What information does Dolly give Spenser?

7. What does Spenser tell Healy?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Spenser interrogates Dr. Croft.

Part 1) Why does he interrogate him? How does Dr. Croft respond to this?

Part 2) How does his response affect his life?

Part 3) Why might Dr. Croft have been involved in the activity about which Spenser interrogates him? How does he benefit from it?

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