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

2. What habit does the passenger have that drives the narrator absolutely crazy during their car ride in Chapter 4?
(a) He shakes his head and says that he does not know the answer to every question that he is asked.
(b) He chain smokes.
(c) He shrugs his shoulders in response to almost every question that he is asked.
(d) He will not talk and blinks alot.

3. What does Patty want Spenser to do in Chapter 7?
(a) To retrieve Paul again.
(b) To go to her house in Lexington.
(c) To deliver a message to Mel.
(d) To help her find her sister.

4. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) 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.
(b) That Paul tried to run away to his father's house.
(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.

5. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?
(a) He opens the back door and enters without knocking or any type of announcement.
(b) He barges in the front door and yells, "Hey! I'm home!"
(c) He runs up the front steps and bursts through the door.
(d) He pulls out his key and unlocks the side entrance to the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does the man keep calling the narrator?

2. What is the first question that the narrator asks the passenger in Chapter 4 after leaving the house?

3. Why does Spenser not want a personal relationship with Patty?

4. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 6, what nagging situation is on Spenser's mind?

(see the answer key)

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