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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator accomplish by visiting the woman in Chapter 2?
(a) Knows that the woman now knows that the narrator knows who she is.
(b) He knows that the missing gold jewelry is not in the woman's house.
(c) He will now be able to identify the woman so that she can follow her better.
(d) Learning what the woman looks like and that she will possibly call the person for whom the narrator is searching.

3. Who is the tall man with the boot camp crew-cut and a navy watch cap who entered Patty's house?
(a) Harry.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Harold.
(d) Hawk.

4. In Chapter 8, how long was the time period that Spenser was gone following breakfast?
(a) All day.
(b) About two hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) About an hour and fifteen minutes.

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

6. In Chapter 7, what do Patty, Paul, and Spenser have for dinner?
(a) Hot dogs with macarooni and cheese.
(b) Steak, peas, and baked potato.
(c) Cold tuna sandwiches on rye bread.
(d) Hamburgers and french fries.

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

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

9. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?
(a) "All the good acting roles were taken."
(b) "I used to be a singer, until I popped my vocal chord."
(c) "It lets me live life on my own terms."
(d) "I couldn't finish medical school."

10. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.
(b) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.
(c) That he is looking for her lost cat.
(d) That he needs directions.

11. Who does Spenser call on to help him during the hostage situation in Chapter 12?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Harold.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Henry.

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

13. 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 they could really be a happy family if they all tried a little harder.
(b) 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.
(c) That the three of them should go to counseling and work out their issues.
(d) That the divorce really was the most healthy outcome for the family.

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

15. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A pair of sneakers.
(c) A silver wine bucket.
(d) A fedora.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is Patty's first response to Spenser and Paul's entrance?

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

3. What kind of car does Elaine Brooks drive?

4. Who is the narrator?

5. In Chapter 3, what does the man keep calling the narrator?

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