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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 is the name of the friend Spenser meets in Chapter 8?

2. Where is Susan doing her internship?

3. What is printed on the student's Georgetown t-shirt?

4. What is Spenser drinking in his office?

5. What does Susan work as at the children's hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Spenser act when he meets the Alexanders?

2. How does Spenser force Pelletier to talk?

3. How is Alexander being blackmailed?

4. What move does Spenser make when Morris leaves his office?

5. How does Meade deal with his wife's drinking problem?

6. What does Spenser find out about Joe Broz in this section?

7. Why does Spenser say it is necessary to act aggressively towards Alexander in regards to his wife?

8. How does this section express Spenser's loneliness?

9. Why is Spenser so sad at the end of the section?

10. What does Spenser do when he returns home from his office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Meade make such a successful politician? What does the character of Meade express about American politics in the 1980s?

Essay Topic 3

Replace the book's setting with one of the following settings.

1. Chicago.

2. New York.

3. Los Angeles.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

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