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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Spenser do after breakfast?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Go to his office and check his messages.
(c) Take a walk.
(d) Go out for a run.

2. In Chapter 3, who else is in the house besides the narrator and the two people in the living room?
(a) Buddy Hartman.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Mel Giacomin's cleaning lady.
(d) Paul Giacomin.

3. What does Spenser wonder about the female jogger in the beige and blue exercise outfit?
(a) Whether she was wealthy or poor?
(b) Whether she was married or living with someone.
(c) Whether she would jog with him if he were to offer her money and power.
(d) Whether he could ask her for her phone number.

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

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 could not hit the broad side of a barn with a shotgun full of bird shot.
(c) That Spenser never carries a gun.
(d) That Spenser has had a bad history with guns, and that he should stay away from them.

6. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?
(a) He barges in the front door and yells, "Hey! I'm home!"
(b) He pulls out his key and unlocks the side entrance to the house.
(c) He opens the back door and enters without knocking or any type of announcement.
(d) He runs up the front steps and bursts through the door.

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

8. In Chapter 8, when Patty and Spenser are talking at the breakfast table, what conclusion does Spenser come to about Patty, Mel, and Paul's relationship?
(a) That the three of them should go to counseling and work out their issues.
(b) That they could really be a happy family if they all tried a little harder.
(c) That Paul is a trophy that Mel and Patty fight over to hurt each other; and that neither really care about Paul's well-being.
(d) That the divorce really was the most healthy outcome for the family.

9. 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 shakes his head and says that he does not know the answer to every question that he is asked.
(c) He shrugs his shoulders in response to almost every question that he is asked.
(d) He will not talk and blinks alot.

10. When Spenser tells Patty that he does not want a personal relationship with her, what is her reaction?
(a) She storms off to her room and starts breaking things.
(b) She tells him that she understands and that there are not any hard feelings.
(c) She insults herself and him, and then breaks down crying.
(d) She gets angry and demands that he leave her house.

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

12. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Paul Giacomin.
(b) Mel Giacomin.
(c) Patty Giacomin.
(d) Elaine Brooks.

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

14. How does the narrator get into room 315?
(a) By acting like a cabbie delivering a package.
(b) By knocking on the door.
(c) By posing like a pizza delivery person.
(d) By breaking in.

15. Which one of the men who enter Patty's house in Chapter 11 does Spenser know?
(a) Harold.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Harry.
(d) Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator follow the woman to in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?

3. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 8, how long was the time period that Spenser was gone following breakfast?

5. Who were some of the narrator's new neighbors?

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