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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Spenser do?
(a) Watches tennis matches on TV.
(b) Go to his office to catch up on some other cases.
(c) Go for a run.
(d) Read.

2. What does Paul ask Spenser about dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?
(a) Whether he cooked the meal.
(b) Where he got the pizza.
(c) Whether they could go to the Chinese restarurant where he got the take-out.
(d) Whether he could have the tuna salad sandwich from the deli.

3. What is the setting of the first paragraph of Chapter 6?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Madison Square Garden.
(c) Lexington, Massachusetts.
(d) Soldier Field.

4. What is Patty's reasoning for being married?
(a) To keep her from being lonely.
(b) To get power and money.
(c) To have a father for Paul.
(d) To have a stable home life.

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

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

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

8. What does Patty want Spenser to do in Chapter 7?
(a) To deliver a message to Mel.
(b) To go to her house in Lexington.
(c) To help her find her sister.
(d) To retrieve Paul again.

9. In Chapter 10, what is Paul's response after Patty tells Spenser her thoughts on the reality of modern women?
(a) "Those are your beliefs, Mom."
(b) "You are going through a tough time. But you will not feel that way forever."
(c) "Yeah, look where it got you."
(d) "Just because I am a boy I do not have an opinion on the subject."

10. What is Paul's response to Patty's "plan" in Chapter 7?
(a) He makes no response.
(b) He is unhappy with the idea.
(c) He is relieved by the idea.
(d) He is angry with the idea.

11. 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 the divorce really was the most healthy outcome for the family.
(c) That the three of them should go to counseling and work out their issues.
(d) 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.

12. Who was at home with Patty when Spenser and Paul arrived in Chapter 5?
(a) Harry Cotton.
(b) Susan Silverman.
(c) Mel Giacomin.
(d) Stephen Court.

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

14. What new character is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Harry.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Susan.

15. 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) Not being able to get his runs in regularly.
(b) A growing sense of intimacy.
(c) Paul eating his meals in his room.
(d) Not serving beer at dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?

2. In what month does the story begin?

3. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?

4. What habit does the passenger have that drives the narrator absolutely crazy during their car ride in Chapter 4?

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

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