1. What does Paul's dad, Mel say about the ballet?
(a) That it is embarassing.
(b) That it is boring.
(c) That it is for girls.
(d) That it is not art.

2. In Chapter 20, what does Paul reveal to Spenser about his dreams?
(a) That he would like to be a ballet dancer.
(b) That he would like to be a construction worker.
(c) That he would like to be an architect.
(d) That he would like to be a private detective.

3. In Chapter 10, Spenser tells Patty that he can put her in touch with the feminist writer, Rachel Wallace. Patty responds that feminist theory is all well and good on paper, but that it is not successful in reality. Spenser asks her what the term, successful means in the "real world"; and Patty's response is:
(a) That women really need self-actualization.
(b) "Women are so boring...I need men."
(c) That there is more to life than being a mother and housewife.
(d) "That we get a lot further batting our eyes and wiggling our butts."

4. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) That Paul tried to run away to his father's house.
(b) 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.
(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 his father came to Paul's school and tried to take him out of class.

5. In Chapter 11, one of the men says something about Spenser and guns. What is it?
(a) That Spenser never was a shooter, and that is what is wrong with him.
(b) That Spenser never carries a gun.
(c) That Spenser has had a bad history with guns, and that he should stay away from them.
(d) That Spenser could not hit the broad side of a barn with a shotgun full of bird shot.