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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 8, what does Patty inform Spenser in relation to the upcoming weekend?
(a) That he and Paul will be alone because she is going to New York.
(b) That Paul has a doctor's appointment.
(c) That Mel is coming to visit Paul because it is his court-ordered visitation day.
(d) That Susan is having a grand party at the house.

2. In Chapter 15, what does Spenser discover about Paul's strength when they are moving their gear and settling in?
(a) That Paul really does have some strength and some fortitude.
(b) That Paul is misunderstood.
(c) That Paul really is not a hard worker and really does not care to learn how to become one.
(d) That he really is weak and he does not know how to carry gear, like a shotgun, properly.

3. What happens to the Giacomin house two days following the argument about the role of the modern women?
(a) Some men come to kidnap Paul.
(b) Patty apologizes to Spenser and asks him to leave.
(c) Patty gets angry at Spenser and demands that he leave the house.
(d) Paul tries to run away.

4. Spenser takes Paul to Louis'; what is Louis'?
(a) A men's clothier.
(b) A bar.
(c) A juke joint.
(d) A rib shack.

5. Who is Mel Giacomin?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A hoodlum Spenser knows from the past.
(c) Patty's ex-husband and Paul's father.
(d) Spenser's client.

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. In Chapter 11, one of the men says something about Spenser and guns. What is it?

3. What does the group decide to have for dinner in Chapter 13?

4. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?

5. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Paul do?

(see the answer key)

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