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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. How does the narrator get into room 315?
(a) By acting like a cabbie delivering a package.
(b) By posing like a pizza delivery person.
(c) By breaking in.
(d) By knocking on the door.

2. What did Paul say about his own father and cooking?
(a) That he would like to learn.
(b) That Mel said that he would teach Paul to cook one day.
(c) That Mel cooked all the time.
(d) That he never did it, and that he said it was for girls.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book is Spenser reading in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 8, when Patty and Spenser are talking at the breakfast table, what conclusion does Spenser come to about Patty, Mel, and Paul's relationship?

4. What is the narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?

5. What habit does the passenger have that drives the narrator absolutely crazy during their car ride in Chapter 4?

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