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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 Linda's friend?

2. Where do Spenser and Hawk meet Broz?

3. What does Spenser crash into on his way to the hospital?

4. What does Broz want Spenser to do?

5. Why does Spenser think Browne ends the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Spenser and Quirk talk about in Chapter 30?

2. What insight does Susan make about the case?

3. How does Spenser show his sensitivity when dealing with Cynthia?

4. What does Spenser say about his relationship with Susan at the end of the novel?

5. What do Spenser and Susan discuss at dinner?

6. Why does Broz say he attacked Spenser?

7. Why does Joe refuse to give the tapes to Spenser?

8. What insights does Spenser make about the case in Chapter 25?

9. What phone calls does Spenser make at the beginning of this section?

10. Why does Susan think Meade Alexander is selfish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the students think Robert B. Parker ends the book as he does? Do the students think he could have ended the book in another way? What meaning would that new ending have given the book?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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