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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 narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Locate the client's missing dog, a championship-winning fox terrier.
(b) Help the client find out about a blackmailer.
(c) Investigate the client's spouse.
(d) Find the client's son and bring him back home.

2. What does Spenser say about too much positivity in Chapter 20?
(a) That too much positivity is a sign that the person with the outlook is either scared or stupid; or both.
(b) That too much positivity is for those who do not understand their surroundings.
(c) That there is no such thing as too much positivity in today's world.
(d) That not having enough positivity can ruin a person's life.

3. What did Paul say about his own father and cooking?
(a) That Mel cooked all the time.
(b) That he never did it, and that he said it was for girls.
(c) That Mel said that he would teach Paul to cook one day.
(d) That he would like to learn.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, where is the narrator sitting?
(a) At police headquarters.
(b) At the counter of a Dunkin' Donuts.
(c) The narrator's office.
(d) Outside an apartment building on Hammond Pond Parkway in Chestnut Hill.

5. What is Paul's response to Patty's "plan" in Chapter 7?
(a) He makes no response.
(b) He is angry with the idea.
(c) He is relieved by the idea.
(d) He is unhappy with the idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Spenser ask of Susan in Chapter 23?

2. In Chapter 10, after Patty freshens up and returns to the breakfast table, she and Spenser have a discussion. What is that discussion about?

3. Who is Elaine Brooks?

4. Where do Paul and Spenser catch the person whom they are looking for in Chapter 24?

5. What idea does Patty come up with to solve the problem of Mel's henchmen in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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