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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator accomplish by visiting the woman in Chapter 2?
(a) He will now be able to identify the woman so that she can follow her better.
(b) Knows that the woman now knows that the narrator knows who she is.
(c) Learning what the woman looks like and that she will possibly call the person for whom the narrator is searching.
(d) He knows that the missing gold jewelry is not in the woman's house.

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

3. After the eviction, what was the narrator's new address?
(a) It was the same as the previous address.
(b) Berkley and Height Ashbury.
(c) Boylston Street and the corner of Berkley.
(d) Speer and I-25.

4. Who leaves with the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) Elaine Brooks.
(b) Patty Giacomin.
(c) Paul Giacomin.
(d) Mel Giacomin.

5. In Chapter 8, what does Patty inform Spenser in relation to the upcoming weekend?
(a) That Mel is coming to visit Paul because it is his court-ordered visitation day.
(b) That Paul has a doctor's appointment.
(c) That Susan is having a grand party at the house.
(d) That he and Paul will be alone because she is going to New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the tall man with the boot camp crew-cut and a navy watch cap who entered Patty's house?

2. In Chapter 10, what is Paul's response after Patty tells Spenser her thoughts on the reality of modern women?

3. 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?

4. Who does Spenser call on to help him during the hostage situation in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 2, who is the narrator staking out and trying to find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of person does the narrator seem to be?

2. In Chapter 12 we meet Hawk. What kind of a person does Hawk appear to be?

3. What type of person does Paul Giacomin appear to be?

4. What does the discussion that Patty and Spenser have in Chapter 8 reveal to the audience about Patty's real character?

5. By the beginning of Chapter 6, some time has passed since Spenser's case with the Giacomins; but, he really cannot stop thinking about the whole situation. It bothers him at a basketball game during a date with his girlfriend, Susan. What does this extended concern that Spenser shows for Paul and the discontent that Spenser feel for Patty and Mel show about Spenser's character?

6. In Chapter 10, Patty propositions Spenser, who politely rejects her advances. The two have a fairly lengthy discussion about the event, during which we learn more about Patty's feelings of self worth. What are those feelings?

7. In April, after Mel's thugs try to kidnap Paul, Patty Giacomin calls Spenser for help once again. This time, she asks Spenser to protect her and Paul. Why does Patty desperately call Spenser when she experiences trouble with her ex-husband in relation to her son?

8. In Chapter 11, Spenser and Paul have a discussion about why Spenser did not shoot the intruders. What does Spenser tell Paul about his reluctance to shoot Buddy and Harold?

9. In the scene where Paul arrives home, Patty is entertaining a male guest, Stephen Court. How does that scene make you feel?

10. Based on what we read in Chapter 2, what types of personal qualities would be necessary to handle Spenser's job? Why?

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