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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Spenser and Paul have for lunch in Chapter 21?
(a) Grilled cheese sandwiches and potato chips.
(b) Cobb salad and French onion soup.
(c) Vegetable soup and crackers.
(d) Cheddar cheese and Granny Smith apples, Bartlett pears, seedless green grapes, and an unsliced loaf of pumpernickel bread.

2. What is Paul's response to Spenser's plans for the property?
(a) That Spenser has a good plan and that Paul wants to help.
(b) Paul shrugs and says that he does not care.
(c) He does not believe that Spenser can do it. He also says that he does not want to help.
(d) That they are crazy, and that Spenser is crazy.

3. What does Paul ask Spenser about red and gray squirrels?
(a) Which ones are meaner.
(b) Which ones live around the cabin.
(c) Which ones are friendlier.
(d) What the difference is between the two of them.

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

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

6. What does Spenser need to learn more than anything else if he is to survive?
(a) How to dress.
(b) How to make his parents happy.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) How to please others.

7. Why does Patty refuse to report Mel's actions to the police?
(a) Because she is afraid he will kill her.
(b) Because she is afraid that Paul will hate her for it.
(c) Because she believes that the police are too busy to handle it.
(d) Because she does not trust the police.

8. Who is already there when Spenser arrives at his destination in Chapter 13?
(a) Mel, Buddy, and Harold.
(b) Paul, Mel, and Buddy.
(c) Susan, Patty, and Paul; Hawk arrives with Spenser.
(d) Hawk, Buddy, and Harold.

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

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

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

12. While Spenser and Paul are working in Chapter 22, who goes to the cabin?
(a) Harry.
(b) Susan.
(c) Patty.
(d) Hawk.

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

14. Where does Spenser have Paul stay in Chapter 23?
(a) At the cabin by himself.
(b) With Susan.
(c) With Harry Cimoli.
(d) With Hawk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21, what physical activity do Spenser and Paul engage in?

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

4. Who are Spenser and Paul looking for after lunch in Chapter 24?

5. What is the name of the restaurant that Paul, Spenser, and Susan dine at in Chapter 19?

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