2. What is the first question that the narrator asks the passenger in Chapter 4 after leaving the house?
(a) "Package for Ms. Brooks. She 'ere?"
(b) "Who would you rather live with, your mother or your father?
(c) "Smart. I like a man who gets out of a marriage gracefully. Don't you?"
(d) "Name's Spenser with an S, like the Poet. I'm in the Boston Book. Under Tough. Heard of me?"

3. Who is Mel Giacomin?
(a) A dentist.
(b) A hoodlum Spenser knows from the past.
(c) Spenser's client.
(d) Patty's ex-husband and Paul's father.

4. Where does the narrator follow the woman to in Chapter 3?
(a) Mel Giacomin's house.
(b) Hawk's gym.
(c) Spenser's office.
(d) Harry Cotton's condominium.

5. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's profession?
(a) That it is very interesting.
(b) That it is awfully gross.
(c) That it is a rotten occupation.
(d) That it is totally great.

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

7. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Susan Silverman.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Patty Giacomin.

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

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

10. In Chapter 7, what is Patty's "plan" for Spenser?
(a) To go and beat up her ex-husband.
(b) To stay with her and Paul; to be their protector.
(c) To go to the police with the story.
(d) To go and threaten her ex-husband.

11. In Chapter 9, what do Paul and Spenser decide to do for dessert?
(a) Go to Baskin-Robbins for ice cream.
(b) Go to a nearby diner for pie.
(c) Buy some cookies at the corner store.
(d) Bake a cake together.

12. What kind of car does Elaine Brooks drive?
(a) A gold LaCrosse.
(b) A red MGB with a gold luggage rack.
(c) A Jaguar ZX2.
(d) A black Buick Regal.

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

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

15. What book is Spenser reading in Chapter 7?
(a) Of Mice and Men.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) A Distant Mirror.
(d) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.