Early Autumn: A Spenser Novel Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Chapters 1 through 6

1. What type of person does the narrator seem to be?

2. What type of person does Patty Giacomin seem to be?

3. Based on what we read in Chapter 2, what types of personal qualities would be necessary to handle Spenser's job? Why?

4. If you were Spenser, what would you have done differently in Chapter 2?

5. Do you think that it was wise for Spenser to have entered Giacomin's house the way that he did?

6. What type of...
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