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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Susan think about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?
(a) She is positive.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is skeptical.
(d) She is hopeful.

3. What is Spenser's solution to the problem discussed in Chapter 23?
(a) To use Elaine to find Mel.
(b) To look into boarding schools.
(c) To blackmail Paul's parents.
(d) There is no solution.

4. What does Paul's dad, Mel say about the ballet?
(a) That it is for girls.
(b) That it is not art.
(c) That it is boring.
(d) That it is embarassing.

5. What is the first step that Paul and Spenser work on when building the cabin?
(a) Putting up a fence around the property.
(b) Reading blueprints for the cabin.
(c) Digging holes for the foundation tubes.
(d) Clearing the land for the foundation.

6. 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 they are doing it does not allow the cabin to have a cellar.
(c) The way that they are doing it takes more time, effort, and materials.
(d) The way that they are doing it is too shabby.

7. What is Paul's answer when Spenser asks him whether there is any place that he has always wanted to go, that no one would take him, that he was afraid to ask?
(a) That he would like to go to the symphony.
(b) That he would like to go to the ballet.
(c) That he would like to go to the theater.
(d) That he would like to go to the opera.

8. What is the answer to the visitor's demand in Chapter 22?
(a) They turn down the construction job offer.
(b) Spenser will take the case.
(c) They answer that they do not have a construction permit.
(d) Paul will not go.

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

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 really care, and are just telling Paul that to bring his inquisitiveness to an end.
(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 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.

11. What does Susan say about Spenser's personality in Chapter 20?
(a) That he is unpredictable.
(b) That he is fun-loving and adventurous.
(c) That he is predictable.
(d) That he works too hard to thwart people's expectations.

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

13. What does the visitor in Chapter 22 ask for Paul and Spenser to do?
(a) For Paul to go with them.
(b) To handle a construction job.
(c) To show their building permits.
(d) To hire Spenser for a case.

14. What favor does Spenser ask of Susan in Chapter 23?
(a) If she would watch Paul while he took care of some business.
(b) If she would find out about ballet schools for Paul.
(c) If she would marry him.
(d) If she would let Paul move in with her.

15. What is the name of the restaurant that Paul, Spenser, and Susan dine at in Chapter 19?
(a) La Casadorez.
(b) Casa Romero.
(c) Tres Margaritas.
(d) The Grumpy Gringo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Spenser need to learn more than anything else if he is to survive?

3. In Chapter 18, where does Paul tell Spenser that he has never been?

4. Why does Susan feel the way that she does about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?

5. While Spenser and Paul are working in Chapter 22, who goes to the cabin?

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