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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. Who are the two men who force their way into Patty's house in Chapter 11?
(a) Buddy and Harold.
(b) Spenser and Buddy.
(c) Henry and Harry.
(d) Hawk and Harry.

2. In Chapter 7, what do Patty, Paul, and Spenser have for dinner?
(a) Cold tuna sandwiches on rye bread.
(b) Hamburgers and french fries.
(c) Hot dogs with macarooni and cheese.
(d) Steak, peas, and baked potato.

3. What happens to the Giacomin house two days following the argument about the role of the modern women?
(a) Some men come to kidnap Paul.
(b) Paul tries to run away.
(c) Patty apologizes to Spenser and asks him to leave.
(d) Patty gets angry at Spenser and demands that he leave the house.

4. What is the first question that the narrator asks the passenger in Chapter 4 after leaving the house?
(a) "Package for Ms. Brooks. She 'ere?"
(b) "Who would you rather live with, your mother or your father?
(c) "Smart. I like a man who gets out of a marriage gracefully. Don't you?"
(d) "Name's Spenser with an S, like the Poet. I'm in the Boston Book. Under Tough. Heard of me?"

5. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's profession?
(a) That it is very interesting.
(b) That it is awfully gross.
(c) That it is a rotten occupation.
(d) That it is totally great.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?

2. Who is Elaine Brooks?

3. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?

4. Besides the narrator, who else was evicted from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston?

5. In Chapter 11, one of the men says something about Spenser and guns. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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