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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susan think about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is positive.
(c) She is hopeful.
(d) She is skeptical.

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

3. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?
(a) Whether he was lonely.
(b) Whether he had decided if he would stay with them and take the job or not.
(c) Whether he was married.
(d) Whether he wanted lunch.

4. What does Spenser do for dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?
(a) He gets take-out from a Chinese restarurant just down the corner from his office.
(b) He orders out for pizza.
(c) He stops by a deli on his way home and picks up some sandwiches.
(d) He makes pork chops with pineapple cream sauce, rice, and a salad.

5. What is the setting of the first paragraph of Chapter 6?
(a) Soldier Field.
(b) Madison Square Garden.
(c) Times Square.
(d) Lexington, Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?

2. Where does Spenser catch a ride to in Chapter 13?

3. What is the first step that Paul and Spenser work on when building the cabin?

4. Why does Patty refuse to report Mel's actions to the police?

5. Where does the narrator follow the woman to in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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