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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. Where does the narrator follow the woman to in Chapter 3?
(a) Harry Cotton's condominium.
(b) Hawk's gym.
(c) Spenser's office.
(d) Mel Giacomin's house.

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

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

4. After solving the kidnapping case, when does Spenser hear from Patty again?
(a) In April.
(b) In October.
(c) In December.
(d) In May.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 2, where is the narrator sitting?
(a) At police headquarters.
(b) Outside an apartment building on Hammond Pond Parkway in Chestnut Hill.
(c) At the counter of a Dunkin' Donuts.
(d) The narrator's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spenser do for dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?

2. What kind of car does Elaine Brooks drive?

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

4. How does the narrator enter the building in Chapter 3?

5. Who is inside the building that the narrator enters in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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