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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 5, what is Patty's first response to Spenser and Paul's entrance?
(a) "Oh, Paul, I didn't expect you so soon."
(b) She cries and runs to her son.
(c) "Where were you?"
(d) She throws her arms around Paul and gives him a big hug.

2. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.
(b) That he is looking for her lost cat.
(c) That he needs directions.
(d) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.

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

4. What favor does Patty ask of Spenser in Chapter 5?
(a) That Spenser move in as their permanent bodyguard.
(b) That Spenser take Paul out to dinner because she has plans.
(c) That Spenser stay the night and protect her and Paul.
(d) That Spenser serve Mel with a restraining order.

5. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) 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.
(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 Paul tried to run away to his father's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the men who enter Patty's house in Chapter 11 does Spenser know?

2. In Chapter 15, what does Spenser discover about Paul's strength when they are moving their gear and settling in?

3. What is Paul's answer when Spenser asks him whether there is any place that he has always wanted to go, that no one would take him, that he was afraid to ask?

4. What is Patty's reasoning for being married?

5. In Chapter 13, what is Spenser's response to the solution that Patty comes up with regarding living arrangements for Paul?

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