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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At dinner, of what does Susan assure Spenser?
(a) She does like silver.
(b) She is not Orthodox.
(c) She did not change her name.
(d) She is not a silversmith.

2. What is in the carport producing a steady whine?
(a) A van.
(b) A car.
(c) A generator.
(d) A motorcycle.

3. Why does Spenser have a sandwich?
(a) So he can share some with Margery.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) So he can observe from a bale of hay without seeming out of place.
(d) He is bored.

4. Healy shows Spenser two sheets of paper, each inside a transparent cover. The first is what?
(a) A blank sheet of paper.
(b) A hand-drawn comic strip featuring a voluptuous woman dressed in a mini-skirt and seated at a bar.
(c) A letter created by cutting out various fonts from magazine article titles.
(d) A photograph of Kevin.

5. Why does the police chief not trust Spenser?
(a) He used to work with him.
(b) They grew up together.
(c) He knows Spenser was fired from the AG's office.
(d) He knows nothing about Spenser.

6. Who spends a lot of time watching television?
(a) Victor.
(b) Vinnie.
(c) Vincent.
(d) Vic.

7. What does Spenser learn about Vic Harroway?
(a) He is about fifty.
(b) He is about thirty.
(c) He is about forty.
(d) He is about twenty.

8. With whom does Spenser first speak at Smithfield High School?
(a) Mr. White, the Principal.
(b) Mr. Poyser, the Dean of Students.
(c) Mr. Thompson, the head of the faculty.
(d) Mr. Moriarty, the Assistant Principal.

9. Why do the police and Spenser know that a better way to have handled it would have been to call with instructions at the last minute?
(a) It would have set the family in a panick.
(b) So nothing could be done about Kevin.
(c) So they would have the money faster.
(d) So that police won't have time to set up a stakeout.

10. What does Spenser then say about this case?
(a) It is just like any other kidnapping case.
(b) It cannot be solved.
(c) It is his first kidnapping case.
(d) There is something strange about it.

11. Who is the girl who was mowing the lawn?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Polly.
(c) Molly.
(d) Sally.

12. Does Kevin seem like the kind of kid who would take his pet without taking something to carry the animal in and something to feed it?
(a) Yes.
(b) Probably.
(c) No.
(d) Maybe.

13. Who says the man in the woods lost sight of the vehicle's driver?
(a) Trask.
(b) Tracy.
(c) Spenser.
(d) Healy.

14. By the time Spenser and Roger return to the kitchen, Margery is well on her way to doing what?
(a) Losing her mind.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Preparing dinner.
(d) Putting the groceries away.

15. Of what will Margery not approve?
(a) Giving in to the kidnapper.
(b) Anything that might cause Kevin to get his head cut off.
(c) A stakeout.
(d) Anything too elaborate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without talking again to the Bartletts, what does Spenser do?

2. To whom does Spenser attribute this hiding man?

3. How does Spenser introduce himself?

4. Who is mowing at the far side of the lawn?

5. When Healy lifts the lid of the box, what does he find?

(see the answer keys)

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