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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Patty Giacomin.
(c) Susan Silverman.
(d) Buddy.

2. Who were some of the narrator's new neighbors?
(a) A bookie and a fortune teller.
(b) A dancer, a lawyer, a restaurant, and a newspaper agency.
(c) Brooks Brothers, a bank, Bonwit Teller, Police Headquarters, and an ad agency.
(d) A nosy old lady, a card shark, a lawyer, and a bar.

3. What did the narrator accomplish by visiting the woman in Chapter 2?
(a) He will now be able to identify the woman so that she can follow her better.
(b) Learning what the woman looks like and that she will possibly call the person for whom the narrator is searching.
(c) He knows that the missing gold jewelry is not in the woman's house.
(d) Knows that the woman now knows that the narrator knows who she is.

4. How does the narrator enter the building in Chapter 3?
(a) By ringing the bell and posing as a messenger.
(b) By breaking in.
(c) By walking in through the open front door.
(d) By knocking on the door and acting like a census taker.

5. What is the first question that the narrator asks the passenger in Chapter 4 after leaving the house?
(a) "Package for Ms. Brooks. She 'ere?"
(b) "Who would you rather live with, your mother or your father?
(c) "Name's Spenser with an S, like the Poet. I'm in the Boston Book. Under Tough. Heard of me?"
(d) "Smart. I like a man who gets out of a marriage gracefully. Don't you?"

Short Answer Questions

1. After the eviction, what was the narrator's new address?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's profession?

4. How does the narrator get into room 315?

5. What kind of car does Elaine Brooks drive?

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