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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides the man sitting at the desk, who else is in the building that Paul and Spenser visit in Chapter 25?
(a) A room full of bookies.
(b) No one.
(c) Three men playing cards.
(d) Two rottweiler dogs.

2. What is already built on Susan's rural property?
(a) A rustic hunting cabin.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A well for fresh water.
(d) The foundation for a new house.

3. What happens to the Giacomin house two days following the argument about the role of the modern women?
(a) Paul tries to run away.
(b) Some men come to kidnap Paul.
(c) Patty apologizes to Spenser and asks him to leave.
(d) Patty gets angry at Spenser and demands that he leave the house.

4. What is the answer to the visitor's demand in Chapter 22?
(a) They turn down the construction job offer.
(b) Paul will not go.
(c) Spenser will take the case.
(d) They answer that they do not have a construction permit.

5. In Chapter 10, Spenser tells Patty that he can put her in touch with the feminist writer, Rachel Wallace. Patty responds that feminist theory is all well and good on paper, but that it is not successful in reality. Spenser asks her what the term, successful means in the "real world"; and Patty's response is:
(a) That women really need self-actualization.
(b) That there is more to life than being a mother and housewife.
(c) "That we get a lot further batting our eyes and wiggling our butts."
(d) "Women are so boring...I need men."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, where do Paul and Spenser stay the first night?

2. Who is the short, dumpy, barrel-bodied man with the ugly wig and an auburn Dynel ski cap who entered Patty's house?

3. In Chapter 24, where do Paul and Spenser go after lunch?

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

5. In Chapter 18, where does Paul tell Spenser that he has never been?

(see the answer key)

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