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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?
(a) A fedora.
(b) A pair of sneakers.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A silver wine bucket.

2. What book is Spenser reading in Chapter 7?
(a) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(b) Of Mice and Men.
(c) A Distant Mirror.
(d) To Kill a Mockingbird.

3. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Paul do?
(a) Build some cabinets for the house.
(b) Build a model sailboat.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Stay with a friend.

4. In Chapter 6, what nagging situation is on Spenser's mind?
(a) He is still worrying about Patty Giacomin.
(b) There is not a nagging situation on Spenser's mind in Chapter 6.
(c) He is still worrying about Paul Giacomin.
(d) He is still worrying about Mel Giacomin.

5. What is Paul's response to Spenser's plans for the property?
(a) That they are crazy, and that Spenser is crazy.
(b) Paul shrugs and says that he does not care.
(c) That Spenser has a good plan and that Paul wants to help.
(d) He does not believe that Spenser can do it. He also says that he does not want to help.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. On their first full day at the cabin in Chapter 16, Spenser and Paul go to North Conway for which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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