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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Mickey Rafferty's appearance?
(a) Professional and clean.
(b) Tall and lanky.
(c) Short and tough-looking.
(d) Unkempt and gritty.

2. How does Roger Hammond react when Candy shares her corruption suspicions?
(a) He agrees to help if he can.
(b) He dismisses suspicions and calls her naive.
(c) He shares his own suspicions.
(d) He becomes hostile.

3. Who walks Spenser and Candy to their car when they leave Summit Studios?
(a) Mickey Rafferty.
(b) Security guards.
(c) A secretary.
(d) Roger Hammond.

4. Who first calls Spenser in Chapter 1?
(a) His lover.
(b) His mother.
(c) A former client.
(d) A bill collector.

5. Who tells Candy and Spenser that Roger Hammond got the studio into financial trouble?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An agent.
(c) An attorney.
(d) Sam Felton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Spenser and Candy head for a drink after leaving the meeting with Roger Hammond?

2. Why do Spenser and Candy return to his hotel before she goes back to work, after her recovery?

3. What best describes Mickey Rafferty's mood when Spenser first meets him?

4. Who does Candy tell Spenser called her after they parted ways the day he arrived in town?

5. What does Candy Sloan say she would rather NOT do when she talks to Spenser on the phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Spenser's personality.

2. Describe Spenser's feelings about Los Angeles.

3. Describe the relationship between Richard Hammond and the mob.

4. How does Spenser first hear about Candy Sloan?

5. How is Mickey involved in Candy's investigation?

6. Describe Candy's abduction.

7. Why does Candy Sloan need a bodyguard?

8. Is Richard Hammond a powerful man?

9. Why does Spenser avoid the police sirens coming around the corner at the end of Chapter 7?

10. How is Mickey's hostility toward Spenser resolved?

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