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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. Where does Spenser drive Susan on Monday morning?
2. What do Susan and Spenser drink with their hamburgers?
3. What does Spenser say baffles him about the case?
4. What does Spenser claim to be when visiting Gerry's clients?
5. What does Spenser say Joe will do if he wants to kill him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What progress does Spenser make in the investigation at the beginning of Chapter 25?
2. What does Spenser observe at Gerry's party?
3. What agreement do the men come to at the meeting in Chapter 32?
4. What insight does Susan make about the case?
5. Why does Joe refuse to give the tapes to Spenser?
6. What does Browne make Spenser realize about Joe Broz in Chapter 26?
7. How does Spenser try to help Cynthia in this section?
8. How does Spenser defeat Broz' men in this section?
9. In what way does this section show Spenser's psychological strength?
10. Why does Susan think Meade Alexander is selfish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look at the structure of the book.
1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure - exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?
Essay Topic 2
The Spenser books greatly influenced crime fiction. Choose a book that you think was influenced by the book and discuss its similarities with the book in terms of the following;
1. Plot
2. Character
3. Themes.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the characters in the book and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios.
1. The President dies.
2. America is attacked.
3. Drugs become legal.
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