1. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?
(a) Whether he had decided if he would stay with them and take the job or not.
(b) Whether he was married.
(c) Whether he was lonely.
(d) Whether he wanted lunch.

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

3. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) That Paul tried to run away to his father's house.
(b) That the person whom she hired to babysit Paul while she was out, turned out to be one of Mel's henchmen who tried to kidnap Paul.
(c) That a strange man approached Paul on his way home from school, and told him that his father wanted to see him. When Paul would not go with him, the man got out of his car and started to chase him.
(d) That his father came to Paul's school and tried to take him out of class.

4. 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.

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