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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 has happened outside?

2. At the party, how is Margery dressed?

3. The following morning, a Saturday, Margery opens a package that arrives in the mail to discover what?

4. What does Trask then do to Spenser?

5. Who does Spenser invite to the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Spenser tell Healy?

2. Why was Maguire at the house? What is Margery's response when asked if she knows of anyone who would want to kill Maguire?

3. Why does Margery call Spenser?

4. What takes place between Susan and Spenser?

5. How is Margery dressed at the party?

6. What does Margery request of Spenser? What is his response?

7. What happens when Spenser arrives at Vic's?

8. What do Spenser and the Bartletts do?

9. How does Spenser know there are no signs of a break in?

10. How does Margery respond when Spenser asks if they know anyone who might be mad at them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Spenser fights Vic.

Part 1) Why does he fight Vic? Do the Bartletts need his help at this point? Why or why not?

Part 2) How is Spenser able to beat Vic? What does this reveal about Spenser?

Part 3) How do other details previously mentioned in the story lead the reader to understand how Spenser was able to beat Vic?

Part 4) How might the other characters involved feel about Spenser winning? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Spenser interrogates Dr. Croft.

Part 1) Why does he interrogate him? How does Dr. Croft respond to this?

Part 2) How does his response affect his life?

Part 3) Why might Dr. Croft have been involved in the activity about which Spenser interrogates him? How does he benefit from it?

Essay Topic 3

Spenser visits a health club and a photography studio.

Part 1) Why does he visit these locations? How does he seem to know these people?

Part 2) How do these people help Spenser? Why do they help him?

Part 3) How important is the information Spenser receives from these two people? Could he have solved the case without their help? Why or why not?

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