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

2. What is the narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Locate the client's missing dog, a championship-winning fox terrier.
(b) Help the client find out about a blackmailer.
(c) Find the client's son and bring him back home.
(d) Investigate the client's spouse.

3. In Chapter 3, what does the man keep calling the narrator?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Spenser.
(d) Pal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?

2. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's profession?

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

5. In what month does the story begin?

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