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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 trhough 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what is Patty's "plan" for Spenser?
(a) To stay with her and Paul; to be their protector.
(b) To go to the police with the story.
(c) To go and beat up her ex-husband.
(d) To go and threaten her ex-husband.

2. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's muscles?
(a) That they are wimpy.
(b) That they are ugly.
(c) That they are fake.
(d) That they are impressive.

3. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Patty Giacomin.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Susan Silverman.

4. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he needs directions.
(b) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.
(c) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.
(d) That he is looking for her lost cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two men who force their way into Patty's house in Chapter 11?

2. Who is inside the building that the narrator enters in Chapter 3?

3. How does the narrator enter the building in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 10, Spenser says that he did not mind Patty's idea of fancy cooking; but that there was something that he did mind. What was it?

5. What does Patty want Spenser to do in Chapter 7?

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