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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. In Chapter 10, Spenser says that he did not mind Patty's idea of fancy cooking; but that there was something that he did mind. What was it?
(a) Paul eating his meals in his room.
(b) Not serving beer at dinner.
(c) A growing sense of intimacy.
(d) Not being able to get his runs in regularly.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, where is the narrator sitting?
(a) At the counter of a Dunkin' Donuts.
(b) The narrator's office.
(c) At police headquarters.
(d) Outside an apartment building on Hammond Pond Parkway in Chestnut Hill.

4. In Chapter 3, who else is in the house besides the narrator and the two people in the living room?
(a) Mel Giacomin's cleaning lady.
(b) Buddy Hartman.
(c) Paul Giacomin.
(d) Shelley.

5. In Chapter 10, Spenser tells Patty that he can put her in touch with the feminist writer, Rachel Wallace. Patty responds that feminist theory is all well and good on paper, but that it is not successful in reality. Spenser asks her what the term, successful means in the "real world"; and Patty's response is:
(a) That there is more to life than being a mother and housewife.
(b) "Women are so boring...I need men."
(c) That women really need self-actualization.
(d) "That we get a lot further batting our eyes and wiggling our butts."

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is Patty's first response to Spenser and Paul's entrance?

2. What is Spenser's response to Patty's "plan" in Chapter 7?

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

4. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 7, what do Patty, Paul, and Spenser have for dinner?

(see the answer key)

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