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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 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) That a strange man approached Paul on his way home from school, and told him that his father wanted to see him. When Paul would not go with him, the man got out of his car and started to chase him.
(b) That the person whom she hired to babysit Paul while she was out, turned out to be one of Mel's henchmen who tried to kidnap Paul.
(c) That his father came to Paul's school and tried to take him out of class.
(d) That Paul tried to run away to his father's house.

2. In Chapter 10, Spenser says that he did not mind Patty's idea of fancy cooking; but that there was something that he did mind. What was it?
(a) Not serving beer at dinner.
(b) Paul eating his meals in his room.
(c) A growing sense of intimacy.
(d) Not being able to get his runs in regularly.

3. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A fedora.
(c) A silver wine bucket.
(d) A pair of sneakers.

4. In Chapter 10, Spenser tells Patty that he can put her in touch with the feminist writer, Rachel Wallace. Patty responds that feminist theory is all well and good on paper, but that it is not successful in reality. Spenser asks her what the term, successful means in the "real world"; and Patty's response is:
(a) That women really need self-actualization.
(b) That there is more to life than being a mother and housewife.
(c) "That we get a lot further batting our eyes and wiggling our butts."
(d) "Women are so boring...I need men."

5. In Chapter 9, what do Paul and Spenser decide to do for dessert?
(a) Buy some cookies at the corner store.
(b) Go to a nearby diner for pie.
(c) Go to Baskin-Robbins for ice cream.
(d) Bake a cake together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Spenser call on to help him during the hostage situation in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 3, after the narrator enters the house and confronts the two people inside, how do the people react?

3. In Chapter 8, how long was the time period that Spenser was gone following breakfast?

4. What habit does the passenger have that drives the narrator absolutely crazy during their car ride in Chapter 4?

5. When Spenser tells Patty that he does not want a personal relationship with her, what is her reaction?

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