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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 does Broz want Spenser to do?

2. What does Spenser say he admires about Susan as she shops?

3. What does Browne make Spenser realize?

4. Where do two men follow Spenser to?

5. Who is the only person in the case that leads Spenser to Joe Broz?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does this section show Spenser's psychological strength?

2. What does Spenser say he admires about Susan in this section?

3. What do Spenser and Susan discuss at dinner?

4. How do Spenser and Susan differ?

5. Why does Spenser sympathize with the women he photographs in Gerry's bedroom?

6. Why does Spenser think Hawk is important to him in helping solve the case?

7. What does Browne make Spenser realize about Joe Broz in Chapter 26?

8. Why does Susan think Meade Alexander is selfish?

9. What agreement do the men come to at the meeting in Chapter 32?

10. What insight does Susan make about the case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Spenser's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the one he is at the end.

1. What did Spenser hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Spenser ideas about life?

3. How has Spenser's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What does Robert B. Parker say about the nature of relationships and love? How does he use the main characters and story to express his view?

Essay Topic 3

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

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