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

2. In Chapter 10, what does Patty do in response to Paul's comments about her thoughts on the reality of modern women?
(a) Looking into her coffee cup, she says nothing,
(b) She is quiet for some time, and finally acknowledges that he has a point.
(c) She knocks over her half-full cup of coffee and its saucer off the table and onto the floor; and leaves the kitchen for her bedroom, slamming the door.
(d) She begins to cry, and runs out of the kitchen and into her bedroom, slamming the door.

3. In Chapter 11, one of the men says something about Spenser and guns. What is it?
(a) That Spenser could not hit the broad side of a barn with a shotgun full of bird shot.
(b) That Spenser never was a shooter, and that is what is wrong with him.
(c) That Spenser has had a bad history with guns, and that he should stay away from them.
(d) That Spenser never carries a gun.

4. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A pair of sneakers.
(c) A silver wine bucket.
(d) A fedora.

5. 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) "Name's Spenser with an S, like the Poet. I'm in the Boston Book. Under Tough. Heard of me?"
(c) "Who would you rather live with, your mother or your father?
(d) "Smart. I like a man who gets out of a marriage gracefully. Don't you?"