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

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 being able to get his runs in regularly.
(c) A growing sense of intimacy.
(d) Not serving beer at dinner.

3. In Chapter 7, what is Patty's "plan" for Spenser?
(a) To go and beat up her ex-husband.
(b) To go and threaten her ex-husband.
(c) To go to the police with the story.
(d) To stay with her and Paul; to be their protector.

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

5. 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?
(a) That the divorce really was the most healthy outcome for the family.
(b) That Paul is a trophy that Mel and Patty fight over to hurt each other; and that neither really care about Paul's well-being.
(c) That they could really be a happy family if they all tried a little harder.
(d) That the three of them should go to counseling and work out their issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Patty do in response to Paul's comments about her thoughts on the reality of modern women?

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

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

4. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 3, after the narrator enters the house and confronts the two people inside, how do the people react?

(see the answer key)

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