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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following projects does Spenser think will teach Paul to become independent and self-reliant?
(a) Moving out by himself.
(b) Growing his own food and living in a cabin in the Maine woods.
(c) Going camping for a month in the wilds of the Maine woods.
(d) Building a house on Susan's property in Fryeburg, Maine.

3. What problem are Susan and Spenser trying to solve in Chapter 23?
(a) How to raise Paul.
(b) How to find Paul's parents.
(c) Where Paul should live after the cabin is built.
(d) How to stop Paul's parents from taking Paul.

4. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Susan Silverman.
(d) Patty Giacomin.

5. How does Susan describe the relationship that parents have with their children?
(a) Parents only have children so that they have miniature self-likenesses running around.
(b) The children are possessions. In some cases, the parents' only possession.
(c) Good parents want their children to grow up to be strong individuals.
(d) Bad parents want their children to not be able to live without them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul ask Spenser about dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?

2. What book is Spenser reading in Chapter 7?

3. The first morning that Paul and Spenser are in the cabin, what does Spenser set out for breakfast?

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

5. In Chapter 7, what is Patty's "plan" for Spenser?

(see the answer key)

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