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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27 through 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Spenser meet with in Chapter 31?
(a) Mel.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Harry Cotton.
(d) Hawk.

2. How does Paul spend the first day of Chapter 31?
(a) With Henry at the gym.
(b) Alone at Susan's.
(c) Alone in Spenser's apartment.
(d) With Susan at the junior high school where she works.

3. 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 Paul go to live with his distant great-aunt in Ohio.
(c) That Spenser take Paul.
(d) That Hawk take Paul into hiding.

4. 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 we get a lot further batting our eyes and wiggling our butts."
(b) That there is more to life than being a mother and housewife.
(c) "Women are so boring...I need men."
(d) That women really need self-actualization.

5. What does Spenser say about ballet dancers?
(a) That they are fine athletes and gifted artists.
(b) That they are talentless hacks.
(c) That dancing is for girls.
(d) That ballet dancing is a very admirable profession.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Susan feel the way that she does about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?

2. In Chapter 18, where does Paul tell Spenser that he has never been?

3. What information did Spenser find out from the person whom he caught in Chapter 24?

4. What does Spenser say about too much positivity in Chapter 20?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what skill is Paul learning?

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