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

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

3. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?
(a) "All the good acting roles were taken."
(b) "It lets me live life on my own terms."
(c) "I couldn't finish medical school."
(d) "I used to be a singer, until I popped my vocal chord."

4. Where does the narrator follow the woman to in Chapter 3?
(a) Hawk's gym.
(b) Harry Cotton's condominium.
(c) Mel Giacomin's house.
(d) Spenser's office.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator accomplish by visiting the woman in Chapter 2?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 2, where is the narrator sitting?

3. Who is the narrator?

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

5. Who was at home with Patty when Spenser and Paul arrived in Chapter 5?

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