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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information did Spenser find out from the person whom he caught in Chapter 24?
(a) That he knew Mel through Harry Cotten.
(b) That Paul was really the son of a powerful mobster.
(c) That Patty Giacomin was a prostitute.
(d) That Mel Giacomin was an assassin.

2. Which of the following projects does Spenser think will teach Paul to become independent and self-reliant?
(a) Growing his own food and living in a cabin in the Maine woods.
(b) Building a house on Susan's property in Fryeburg, Maine.
(c) Going camping for a month in the wilds of the Maine woods.
(d) Moving out by himself.

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

4. What does Spenser think of the visitor's request in Chapter 22?
(a) "But there is nothing to be done about it."
(b) "That is what you did with Harry."
(c) "Do we sense a pattern developing?"
(d) "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."

5. What is the story that Patty recalls in Chapter 13?
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) The story of how she and Mel met and got married.
(d) 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.

6. What does Spenser tell Paul that they are going to do with Susan's rural property?
(a) Live in one cabin and build a better one.
(b) Cultivate the land to grow crops.
(c) Cut down all of the trees and clear the land.
(d) Hunt, fish, and trap.

7. In Chapter 17, what physical activity do Spenser and Paul engage in?
(a) Playing golf.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Walking.
(d) Weight lifting.

8. 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 Paul's parents are small-minded people in a big world.
(c) Because they are afraid to admit what they like because other people may think they are weak.
(d) Because they do not really care, and are just telling Paul that to bring his inquisitiveness to an end.

9. What does Spenser say about too much positivity in Chapter 20?
(a) That too much positivity is for those who do not understand their surroundings.
(b) That too much positivity is a sign that the person with the outlook is either scared or stupid; or both.
(c) That there is no such thing as too much positivity in today's world.
(d) That not having enough positivity can ruin a person's life.

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

11. Spenser tells Paul that they are building the cabin a simpler, yet less desirable way. Why is the way they are doing it less desirable?
(a) The way that they are doing it is more expensive.
(b) The way that they are doing it takes more time, effort, and materials.
(c) The way that they are doing it is too shabby.
(d) The way they are doing it does not allow the cabin to have a cellar.

12. What does the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25 look like?
(a) Scrawny, potbellied, with long, dirty fingernails and yellow teeth. His hair was the color of a Norway rat, and very thin.
(b) He was enormous; with thin blonde hair and the face of a bull mastiff.
(c) He was very businesslike; a crisp suit, spectacles, and a red tie.
(d) He was very fit, with well-defined muscles and a crew haircut.

13. Why does Mel's access to "leg breakers" concern Spenser?
(a) Because they would get in the way of a court case.
(b) Because Mel's friends could hurt Patty.
(c) Because a normal insurance salesman and real estate agent would not know where to find such individuals.
(d) Because Mel's friends could hurt Paul.

14. What does the group decide to have for dinner in Chapter 13?
(a) PB&Js.
(b) BLTs, homemade bread and butter pickles, cheese, and apples.
(c) Canned soup and crackers.
(d) Grilled cheese sandwiches, potato chips, and fruit cocktail.

15. What is already built on Susan's rural property?
(a) A well for fresh water.
(b) A rustic hunting cabin.
(c) The foundation for a new house.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Hawk say about Spenser?

2. What does the man at the desk threaten to do in Chapter 25?

3. What idea does Patty come up with to solve the problem of Mel's henchmen in Chapter 13?

4. What does Paul ask Spenser about red and gray squirrels?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what skill is Paul learning?

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