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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 trhough 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Spenser do after breakfast?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Go out for a run.
(c) Take a walk.
(d) Go to his office and check his messages.

2. What is Paul's response to Patty's "plan" in Chapter 7?
(a) He is unhappy with the idea.
(b) He is angry with the idea.
(c) He is relieved by the idea.
(d) He makes no response.

3. What favor does Patty ask of Spenser in Chapter 5?
(a) That Spenser stay the night and protect her and Paul.
(b) That Spenser take Paul out to dinner because she has plans.
(c) That Spenser serve Mel with a restraining order.
(d) That Spenser move in as their permanent bodyguard.

4. Why does Spenser not want a personal relationship with Patty?
(a) Because he is in love with Susan, and because he believes that Paul would think less of him if he were to get involved with Patty.
(b) Because he does not like mixing personal issues with business matters.
(c) Because it would be unprofessional and harm his professional reputation.
(d) Because he does not find her attractive.

5. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?
(a) Whether he wanted lunch.
(b) Whether he was lonely.
(c) Whether he was married.
(d) Whether he had decided if he would stay with them and take the job or not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?

2. Who is the short, dumpy, barrel-bodied man with the ugly wig and an auburn Dynel ski cap who entered Patty's house?

3. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?

4. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?

5. Which one of the men who enter Patty's house in Chapter 11 does Spenser know?

(see the answer key)

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