1. 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 there is more to life than being a mother and housewife.
(b) That women really need self-actualization.
(c) "Women are so boring...I need men."
(d) "That we get a lot further batting our eyes and wiggling our butts."

2. What does Spenser do for dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?
(a) He stops by a deli on his way home and picks up some sandwiches.
(b) He gets take-out from a Chinese restarurant just down the corner from his office.
(c) He makes pork chops with pineapple cream sauce, rice, and a salad.
(d) He orders out for pizza.

3. Who is Elaine Brooks?
(a) Spenser's client.
(b) A witness.
(c) Spenser's receptionist.
(d) Mel Giacomin's girlfriend.

4. What is the narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Investigate the client's spouse.
(b) Help the client find out about a blackmailer.
(c) Locate the client's missing dog, a championship-winning fox terrier.
(d) Find the client's son and bring him back home.

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