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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Elaine Brooks?
(a) Spenser's client.
(b) Mel Giacomin's girlfriend.
(c) A witness.
(d) Spenser's receptionist.

2. Besides the narrator, who else was evicted from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston?
(a) A pet shop and a dry cleaner.
(b) A fortune-teller and a bookie.
(c) A bank and a tailor.
(d) No one.

3. Who was at home with Patty when Spenser and Paul arrived in Chapter 5?
(a) Mel Giacomin.
(b) Susan Silverman.
(c) Harry Cotton.
(d) Stephen Court.

4. How does the narrator enter the building in Chapter 3?
(a) By knocking on the door and acting like a census taker.
(b) By walking in through the open front door.
(c) By breaking in.
(d) By ringing the bell and posing as a messenger.

5. In what city does this story take place?
(a) Boston.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York City.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mel Giacomin?

2. Who is the narrator?

3. In Chapter 5, what is Patty's first response to Spenser and Paul's entrance?

4. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?

5. In Chapter 2, who is the narrator staking out and trying to find?

(see the answer key)

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