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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. When Spenser tells Patty that he does not want a personal relationship with her, what is her reaction?
(a) She insults herself and him, and then breaks down crying.
(b) She gets angry and demands that he leave her house.
(c) She storms off to her room and starts breaking things.
(d) She tells him that she understands and that there are not any hard feelings.

2. Besides the narrator, who else was evicted from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston?
(a) A fortune-teller and a bookie.
(b) A bank and a tailor.
(c) No one.
(d) A pet shop and a dry cleaner.

3. Which of the following projects does Spenser think will teach Paul to become independent and self-reliant?
(a) Building a house on Susan's property in Fryeburg, Maine.
(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) Moving out by himself.

4. How does the narrator enter the building in Chapter 3?
(a) By knocking on the door and acting like a census taker.
(b) By walking in through the open front door.
(c) By ringing the bell and posing as a messenger.
(d) By breaking in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Right after visiting Louis', where do Paul and Spenser go?

2. What does Spenser say about ballet dancers?

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

4. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 26, where do Paul and Spenser stay the first night?

(see the answer key)

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