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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator?
(a) Patty and Susan.
(b) Paul Warsol.
(c) Mr. Spenser.
(d) Hawkeye Anderson.

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

3. In Chapter 9, what do Paul and Spenser decide to do for dessert?
(a) Go to a nearby diner for pie.
(b) Go to Baskin-Robbins for ice cream.
(c) Buy some cookies at the corner store.
(d) Bake a cake together.

4. Who is Mel Giacomin?
(a) Spenser's client.
(b) Patty's ex-husband and Paul's father.
(c) A hoodlum Spenser knows from the past.
(d) A dentist.

5. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?
(a) "All the good acting roles were taken."
(b) "I couldn't finish medical school."
(c) "It lets me live life on my own terms."
(d) "I used to be a singer, until I popped my vocal chord."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does the story begin?

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

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

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

5. What does Paul ask Spenser about dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the discussion that Patty and Spenser have in Chapter 8 reveal to the audience about Patty's real character?

2. In Chapter 9, Spenser makes an impromptu dinner for himself and Paul. At the dinner table, Paul seems surprised that Spenser can cook. The discussion that follows allows the reader to learn more about Paul and his relationship with the world around him. What did you learn about Paul and how he relates to the world around him?

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

4. In Chapter 12 we meet Hawk. What kind of a person does Hawk appear to be?

5. How does Spenser diffuse the situation between himself, Buddy, and Harold in Chapter 11?

6. In Chapter 10, Patty propositions Spenser, who politely rejects her advances. The two have a fairly lengthy discussion about the event, during which we learn more about Patty's feelings of self worth. What are those feelings?

7. Why does Spenser not like the growing sense of intimacy that he describes in Chapter 10?

8. What does Spenser's preparation of the impromptu meal in Chapter 9 reveal about his character?

9. In April, after Mel's thugs try to kidnap Paul, Patty Giacomin calls Spenser for help once again. This time, she asks Spenser to protect her and Paul. Why does Patty desperately call Spenser when she experiences trouble with her ex-husband in relation to her son?

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

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