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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Spenser says that he did not mind Patty's idea of fancy cooking; but that there was something that he did mind. What was it?
(a) Paul eating his meals in his room.
(b) Not being able to get his runs in regularly.
(c) Not serving beer at dinner.
(d) A growing sense of intimacy.

2. 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 breaking in.
(d) By ringing the bell and posing as a messenger.

3. 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 tells him that she understands and that there are not any hard feelings.
(c) She gets angry and demands that he leave her house.
(d) She storms off to her room and starts breaking things.

4. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's muscles?
(a) That they are impressive.
(b) That they are ugly.
(c) That they are wimpy.
(d) That they are fake.

5. Who are the two men who force their way into Patty's house in Chapter 11?
(a) Buddy and Harold.
(b) Henry and Harry.
(c) Hawk and Harry.
(d) Spenser and Buddy.

6. Who is the narrator?
(a) Hawkeye Anderson.
(b) Paul Warsol.
(c) Patty and Susan.
(d) Mr. Spenser.

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

8. What happens to the Giacomin house two days following the argument about the role of the modern women?
(a) Patty gets angry at Spenser and demands that he leave the house.
(b) Paul tries to run away.
(c) Patty apologizes to Spenser and asks him to leave.
(d) Some men come to kidnap Paul.

9. Who is Elaine Brooks?
(a) Spenser's client.
(b) Mel Giacomin's girlfriend.
(c) Spenser's receptionist.
(d) A witness.

10. In what month does the story begin?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) August.

11. What is Spenser's response to Patty's "plan" in Chapter 7?
(a) He politely declines the job, and gives her the name of an associate more suited for that type of work.
(b) He agrees, but acknowledges that guarding them is only a temporary solution.
(c) He asks her to put him on permanent retainer.
(d) He tells her that it will not work, and that they must think of something else.

12. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?
(a) Whether he wanted lunch.
(b) Whether he had decided if he would stay with them and take the job or not.
(c) Whether he was lonely.
(d) Whether he was married.

13. Who is inside the building that the narrator enters in Chapter 3?
(a) Hawk and Henry.
(b) Patty Giacomin and Paul Giacomin.
(c) Spenser and Susan Silverman.
(d) Mel Giacomin and Elaine Brooks.

14. What favor does Patty ask of Spenser in Chapter 5?
(a) That Spenser stay the night and protect her and Paul.
(b) That Spenser serve Mel with a restraining order.
(c) That Spenser move in as their permanent bodyguard.
(d) That Spenser take Paul out to dinner because she has plans.

15. In Chapter 10, what does Patty do in response to Paul's comments about her thoughts on the reality of modern women?
(a) Looking into her coffee cup, she says nothing,
(b) She begins to cry, and runs out of the kitchen and into her bedroom, slamming the door.
(c) She knocks over her half-full cup of coffee and its saucer off the table and onto the floor; and leaves the kitchen for her bedroom, slamming the door.
(d) She is quiet for some time, and finally acknowledges that he has a point.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does this story take place?

3. What new character is introduced in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 6, what nagging situation is on Spenser's mind?

5. Besides the narrator, who else was evicted from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston?

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