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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 drives about a hundred yards past Vic's road and does what?

2. Why does Spenser cut across the woods, arriving at the crest of a hill?

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

4. What has happened to Croft?

5. Vic's house is quiet and even the generator isn't running. Spenser watches the house until one twenty-two, when Kevin and Vic emerge, get into Vic's car, and leave. Spenser remains at his position throughout the day and into the night. Do Vic and Kevin return?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Margery scream?

2. What happens when they arrive in Boston?

3. How is Margery dressed at the party?

4. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

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

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

7. Why does Margery call Spenser?

8. What happens when Susan arrives at the party?

9. What takes place between Susan and Spenser?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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