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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 19, what does Paul wear on Saturday morning?
(a) A green polyester suit, purple shirt, and brown boots.
(b) A tan suit, a blue shirt, a tan tie, and his sneakers.
(c) A tan corduroy jacket, brown pants, a powder blue polyester shirt with dark blue pocket flaps, no tie, black socks, and top-sider shoes.
(d) A grey suit, a purple shirt and tie, and his sneakers.

2. What does the man at the desk threaten to do in Chapter 25?
(a) To keep Paul for ransom.
(b) To kidnap Susan.
(c) To burglarize Spenser's office.
(d) To kill Spenser if he does not stay out of his business.

3. Right after visiting Louis', where do Paul and Spenser go?
(a) To the Hudson River.
(b) To "Antoinette's Restaurant".
(c) To the museum of fine arts.
(d) To a bookstore.

4. Where does Spenser catch a ride to in Chapter 13?
(a) Patty's house in Lexington.
(b) Mel's house in Andover.
(c) Susan's house in Smithfield.
(d) Spenser's apartment in Boston.

5. What problem are Susan and Spenser trying to solve in Chapter 23?
(a) How to stop Paul's parents from taking Paul.
(b) Where Paul should live after the cabin is built.
(c) How to raise Paul.
(d) How to find Paul's parents.

6. In Chapter 18, where does Paul tell Spenser that he has never been?
(a) To Denver.
(b) To Miami.
(c) To Philadelphia.
(d) To New York.

7. Where do Spenser and Paul eat in Chapter 24?
(a) Babe's Bistro.
(b) Quincy Market.
(c) At the cabin.
(d) Casa Rosa's.

8. Why does Susan feel the way that she does about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?
(a) Because she knows how difficult it is to raise children with issues like Paul's; and she doubts that there is any possibility of change.
(b) Because she was separated from her parents when she was young, and she feels that it was a detriment to the rest of her life.
(c) Because as a guidance counselor, she knows how necessary it is for a child to be with their parents, even if the parents are abusive.
(d) Because she had a child that she had to give up, and she still hurts over that decision.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what skill is Paul learning?
(a) How to use a saw horse.
(b) How to use a measuring tape.
(c) How to use a circular saw.
(d) How to hammer a nail.

10. What is Spenser's response when Paul asks him why he thinks that Paul's parents say everything is for girls?
(a) Because they do not know any better; because they do not know who they are, or how to find outp or what a good person is, or how to find out. So they rely on categories.
(b) Because they do not really care, and are just telling Paul that to bring his inquisitiveness to an end.
(c) Because Paul's parents are small-minded people in a big world.
(d) Because they are afraid to admit what they like because other people may think they are weak.

11. What does Spenser wear on Saturday morning in Chapter 19?
(a) A brown suit, dark blue shirt, a dark blue tie, and brown shoes.
(b) A blue suit, a white shirt, a blue tie with red stripes on it, and black shoes.
(c) A black suit, a black shirt, a white tie, and black shoes.
(d) A white suit, pink shirt, white tie, and white shoes.

12. What is the story that Patty recalls in Chapter 13?
(a) That while she was at the grocery store, three of Mel's henchmen threatened to kill her if she did not deliver Paul to Mel's house that afternoon.
(b) The story of how she and Mel met and got married.
(c) That Mel was waiting for her by her car in the grocery store parking lot, and that he demanded his son or he would tell the police that she had kidnapped him.
(d) That she was at the grocery store when three men with guns forced her into theri car. They drove to a pay phone in Boston, and then on to a bridge where they told her to get out and start walking.

13. In Chapter 24, where do Paul and Spenser go after lunch?
(a) To the aquarium.
(b) To a Red Sox game.
(c) To a bar.
(d) To the museum of natural science.

14. What does Spenser think of the visitor's request in Chapter 22?
(a) "Do we sense a pattern developing?"
(b) "But there is nothing to be done about it."
(c) "You want to move in with the spiffy one on a permanent basis. But he will not take the kid. You cannot keep paying me to babysit, so you are going to ship him off to the old man."
(d) "That is what you did with Harry."

15. How many miles was Paul up to running by May?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susan think about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?

2. What does the visitor in Chapter 22 ask for Paul and Spenser to do?

3. In Chapter 26, where do Paul and Spenser stay the first night?

4. What favor does Spenser ask of Susan in Chapter 23?

5. Who is the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25?

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