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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the visitor in Chapter 22 ask for Paul and Spenser to do?
(a) To handle a construction job.
(b) For Paul to go with them.
(c) To show their building permits.
(d) To hire Spenser for a case.

2. What does the man at the desk threaten to do in Chapter 25?
(a) To keep Paul for ransom.
(b) To kidnap Susan.
(c) To kill Spenser if he does not stay out of his business.
(d) To burglarize Spenser's office.

3. While Spenser and Paul are working in Chapter 22, who goes to the cabin?
(a) Patty.
(b) Susan.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Harry.

4. In Chapter 14, what does Hawk say about Spenser?
(a) That he is predictable.
(b) That he is unreliable.
(c) That he is reliable.
(d) That he is unpredictable.

5. What does Spenser think of the visitor's request in Chapter 22?
(a) "Do we sense a pattern developing?"
(b) "That is what you did with Harry."
(c) "But there is nothing to be done about it."
(d) "You want to move in with the spiffy one on a permanent basis. But he will not take the kid. You cannot keep paying me to babysit, so you are going to ship him off to the old man."

6. Who is the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25?
(a) Harry Cotton.
(b) Buddy Hartman.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Hawk.

7. What does Susan say about Spenser's personality in Chapter 20?
(a) That he is unpredictable.
(b) That he is fun-loving and adventurous.
(c) That he is predictable.
(d) That he works too hard to thwart people's expectations.

8. What problem are Susan and Spenser trying to solve in Chapter 23?
(a) How to raise Paul.
(b) Where Paul should live after the cabin is built.
(c) How to find Paul's parents.
(d) How to stop Paul's parents from taking Paul.

9. Who is already there when Spenser arrives at his destination in Chapter 13?
(a) Mel, Buddy, and Harold.
(b) Paul, Mel, and Buddy.
(c) Hawk, Buddy, and Harold.
(d) Susan, Patty, and Paul; Hawk arrives with Spenser.

10. Spenser tells Paul that they are building the cabin a simpler, yet less desirable way. Why is the way they are doing it less desirable?
(a) The way that they are doing it is more expensive.
(b) The way they are doing it does not allow the cabin to have a cellar.
(c) The way that they are doing it takes more time, effort, and materials.
(d) The way that they are doing it is too shabby.

11. Why does Patty refuse to report Mel's actions to the police?
(a) Because she believes that the police are too busy to handle it.
(b) Because she is afraid he will kill her.
(c) Because she is afraid that Paul will hate her for it.
(d) Because she does not trust the police.

12. What does the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25 look like?
(a) He was very businesslike; a crisp suit, spectacles, and a red tie.
(b) He was very fit, with well-defined muscles and a crew haircut.
(c) He was enormous; with thin blonde hair and the face of a bull mastiff.
(d) Scrawny, potbellied, with long, dirty fingernails and yellow teeth. His hair was the color of a Norway rat, and very thin.

13. Who was the best fighter Spenser ever fought?
(a) Rob Marciano.
(b) Horace Gracie.
(c) Joe Walcott.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

14. What does Paul ask Spenser about red and gray squirrels?
(a) What the difference is between the two of them.
(b) Which ones are meaner.
(c) Which ones live around the cabin.
(d) Which ones are friendlier.

15. In Chapter 24, where do Paul and Spenser go after lunch?
(a) To the museum of natural science.
(b) To a Red Sox game.
(c) To the aquarium.
(d) To a bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Spenser and Paul looking for after lunch in Chapter 24?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what skill is Paul learning?

3. What is the story that Patty recalls in Chapter 13?

4. What is the answer to the visitor's demand in Chapter 22?

5. What is Paul's opinion on possibly finding out some less-than-desirable information on his parents?

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