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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 does Spenser tell Peter Brewster that Brewster is going to do?
(a) Lose everything he has.
(b) Suffer like Candy suffered.
(c) Confess on television.
(d) Tell him where the killer is located.

2. Who do Candy and Spenser eat lunch with at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Detective Samuelson.
(b) A news director.
(c) The station manager.
(d) Peter Brewster.

3. Who is revealed to have been a collection agent for a loan shark?
(a) Levi.
(b) Mickey Rafferty.
(c) Sam Felton.
(d) Franco.

4. Where does Spenser go after Candy is told to stop investigating the corruption story?
(a) A hotel near the private hangar.
(b) Peter Brewster's guest house.
(c) Candy's house.
(d) An apartment provided by the station.

5. Why does a news crew come to Peter Brewster's office?
(a) Spenser calls them.
(b) Peter Brewster calls them.
(c) A colleague of Candy's has a suspicion.
(d) Detective Samuelson tips them off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Franco kill Sam Felton?

2. Who fires Spenser?

3. Where does Spenser go, after finding the dead bodies?

4. Who calls Candy to apologize for his behavior soon after she is taken off the corruption story?

5. Who is Rollie Simms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Spenser confronts Brewster at the Oceania offices.

2. Describe Franco's known background.

3. Why does Spenser decide to tell Detective Samuelson about the bribe?

4. Why does Spenser lock himself in the office with Brewster and Simms?

5. What leads Spenser to suspect that Franco is running the corruption scheme?

6. How does Candy react to being told to stop working on the corruption investigation story?

7. Why does Spenser go to Peter Brewster's office after Candy is killed?

8. Describe Franco's visit to Sam Felton's house.

9. What leads Spenser to suspect that Sam Felton is behind the attacks on Candy?

10. Why does Candy hinder the police investigation into Mickey Rafferty's death?

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