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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At four, what does Spenser do?
(a) He goes to bed.
(b) He helps Margery to her bedroom.
(c) He tells Margery's guests to go home.
(d) He leaves the house.

2. What is done with Kevin?
(a) He returns home with his parents.
(b) He stays with Vic.
(c) He is put in a juvenile detention center.
(d) He is taken to a psychiatrist.

3. The item in the package has no signs of trauma, so what does this mean?
(a) It probably is not Kevin's.
(b) It probably was sent by Kevin.
(c) It probably died of natural causes.
(d) It probably was killed.

4. Over the next hours, what happens to Spenser?
(a) He is hit on several times and manages to make at least one patron angry.
(b) He goes to work out at Elite Fitness to wait for Vic to arrive.
(c) He sits in a corner, alone, at the bar.
(d) He acts as Race's assistant, hoping Vic will return for another photo shoot.

5. What does Margery tell a man named Vaughn?
(a) She is very glad he came.
(b) She wishes he were not married to one of her good friends.
(c) It is a good thing he is married to one of her good friends.
(d) She did not think he would come to the party.

6. Spenser drives about a hundred yards past Vic's road and does what?
(a) Parks.
(b) Turns around.
(c) Slows down.
(d) Speeds up.

7. Spenser says this package suggests that Kevin is what?
(a) In pain.
(b) Dead.
(c) Still alive.
(d) Unconscious.

8. Why was Maguire at the house?
(a) To prepare the bar for the party.
(b) To guard the house.
(c) He is Margery's boyfriend.
(d) To discuss legal matters with Margery.

9. They go up to Kevin's secret room, and Spenser discovers what?
(a) A book.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A locked trunk.
(d) A letter.

10. What is Vaughn's response to Spenser's questioning regarding Margery?
(a) She ran away when she saw Vic coming towards her.
(b) She fainted from the shock of seeing Kevin.
(c) She had become drunk and tripped over his foot.
(d) She had teased him into thinking they were going outside to be alone but then changed her mind.

11. The following morning, a Saturday, Margery opens a package that arrives in the mail to discover what?
(a) Kevin's photograph.
(b) Kevin's lucky penny.
(c) Kevin's money.
(d) Kevin's guinea pig, dead.

12. Who helps Spenser examine the house?
(a) Healy.
(b) Margery.
(c) Trask.
(d) Dolly.

13. As Spenser hangs up, he looks around and discovers what?
(a) Margery is dancing around the room.
(b) Margery is in a fight with a guest.
(c) Margery is no longer in the kitchen.
(d) Margery is sitting at the kitchen table crying.

14. Who does Spenser invite to the party?
(a) Trask.
(b) Healy.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Susan.

15. Spenser receives a phone call from whom?
(a) Vic.
(b) Healy.
(c) Trask.
(d) The state police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spenser then heads for the Smithfield Police Station where he plans to do what?

2. Spenser goes back in the establishment where he does what?

3. When Susan arrives, Spenser catches her up and she wonders what about Margery?

4. Margery has called Spenser nine times. What does he do?

5. Since Spenser is not near his car, he runs back in that direction, hoping to do what?

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