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

2. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Elaine Brooks.
(b) Paul Giacomin.
(c) Patty Giacomin.
(d) Mel Giacomin.

3. In Chapter 3, after the narrator enters the house and confronts the two people inside, how do the people react?
(a) They are relieved.
(b) They are excited.
(c) They are surprised.
(d) They are happy.

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

5. Who was at home with Patty when Spenser and Paul arrived in Chapter 5?
(a) Stephen Court.
(b) Harry Cotton.
(c) Susan Silverman.
(d) Mel Giacomin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?

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

3. Besides the narrator, who else was evicted from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston?

4. Who were some of the narrator's new neighbors?

5. What is the first question that the narrator asks the passenger in Chapter 4 after leaving the house?

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