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

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

3. In Chapter 9, what do Paul and Spenser decide to do for dessert?
(a) Go to Baskin-Robbins for ice cream.
(b) Go to a nearby diner for pie.
(c) Buy some cookies at the corner store.
(d) Bake a cake together.

4. What does the group decide to have for dinner in Chapter 13?
(a) Grilled cheese sandwiches, potato chips, and fruit cocktail.
(b) Canned soup and crackers.
(c) BLTs, homemade bread and butter pickles, cheese, and apples.
(d) PB&Js.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) That Paul tried to run away to his father's house.
(b) That his father came to Paul's school and tried to take him out of class.
(c) That a strange man approached Paul on his way home from school, and told him that his father wanted to see him. When Paul would not go with him, the man got out of his car and started to chase him.
(d) That the person whom she hired to babysit Paul while she was out, turned out to be one of Mel's henchmen who tried to kidnap Paul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who were some of the narrator's new neighbors?

3. What does Spenser need to learn more than anything else if he is to survive?

4. Who does Spenser call on to help him during the hostage situation in Chapter 12?

5. What does Spenser wonder about the female jogger in the beige and blue exercise outfit?

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