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

2. What does Paul ask Spenser about dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?
(a) Whether he cooked the meal.
(b) Whether he could have the tuna salad sandwich from the deli.
(c) Whether they could go to the Chinese restarurant where he got the take-out.
(d) Where he got the pizza.

3. After the eviction, what was the narrator's new address?
(a) Berkley and Height Ashbury.
(b) It was the same as the previous address.
(c) Boylston Street and the corner of Berkley.
(d) Speer and I-25.

4. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he is looking for her lost cat.
(b) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.
(c) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.
(d) That he needs directions.

5. What favor does Patty ask of Spenser in Chapter 5?
(a) That Spenser move in as their permanent bodyguard.
(b) That Spenser serve Mel with a restraining order.
(c) That Spenser stay the night and protect her and Paul.
(d) That Spenser take Paul out to dinner because she has plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul say about his own father and cooking?

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

3. What does Spenser wonder about the female jogger in the beige and blue exercise outfit?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?

5. In Chapter 3, who else is in the house besides the narrator and the two people in the living room?

(see the answer key)

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