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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. The first morning that Paul and Spenser are in the cabin, what does Spenser set out for breakfast?
(a) Cornbread, strawberry jam, and a bowl of assorted fruit.
(b) Egg white omelettes and juice.
(c) Oatmeal, butter, sugar, and coffee.
(d) Steak and eggs.

2. What new character is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Susan.
(d) Harry.

3. What does Susan think about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is skeptical.
(c) She is positive.
(d) She is hopeful.

4. What idea does Patty come up with to solve the problem of Mel's henchmen in Chapter 13?
(a) That Susan adopt Paul.
(b) That Spenser take Paul.
(c) That Hawk take Paul into hiding.
(d) That Paul go to live with his distant great-aunt in Ohio.

5. What habit does the passenger have that drives the narrator absolutely crazy during their car ride in Chapter 4?
(a) He chain smokes.
(b) He will not talk and blinks alot.
(c) He shakes his head and says that he does not know the answer to every question that he is asked.
(d) He shrugs his shoulders in response to almost every question that he is asked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25 look like?

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

3. What does the visitor in Chapter 22 ask for Paul and Spenser to do?

4. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?

5. In Chapter 3, what does the man keep calling the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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