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

2. In Chapter 17, when Paul asks Spenser why he cannot just leave him alone, what is Spenser's answer?
(a) Because Spenser thinks that Paul needs less structure in his life.
(b) Because everybody in his life has left him alone all of his life, and it has not done him any good.
(c) Because Paul's parents never left him alone, and Spenser does not feel that he should have to either.
(d) Because Paul must learn to respect his elders.

3. In Chapter 26, where do Paul and Spenser stay the first night?
(a) In Spenser's apartment in Boston.
(b) Back at the cabin.
(c) At Harry's gym.
(d) With Hawk.

4. 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 theater.
(b) That he would like to go to the symphony.
(c) That he would like to go to the opera.
(d) That he would like to go to the ballet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 19, what does Paul wear on Saturday morning?

3. On their trip to North Conway in Chapter 16, what does Spenser tell Paul is "against the rules"?

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

5. In Chapter 13, what is Spenser's response to the solution that Patty comes up with regarding living arrangements for Paul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was it a good idea for Spenser and Paul to break into Mel's office? Why? Why not?

2. Does Susan make a good point about parental rights in Chapter 23? Why? Why not?

3. In Chapter 17, Paul asks Spenser why he cannot simply leave him alone. Spenser replies that he cannot leave him alone because everyone in his life has left him alone and it has not done him any good. He also tells Paul that his goal is to help him become a better person. What does Spenser mean by that?

4. Why does Paul force Spenser to wake him the way that he did in Chapter 16?

5. Why does Spenser does not take a television to the cabin with him and Paul?

6. Why is the discussion that Spenser and Paul have in Chapter 21 about the rules of fighting an important one?

7. Is the violence used in Chapter 24 necessary? Why?

8. Why does Spenser decide to take Paul to Fryeburg and build a cabin?

9. How does Spenser handle the confrontation with Patty in Chapter 22?

10. What is Susan's opinion about Spenser keeping Paul?

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