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

2. 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) Hunt, fish, and trap.
(c) Cultivate the land to grow crops.
(d) Live in one cabin and build a better one.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what skill is Paul learning?
(a) How to use a saw horse.
(b) How to use a circular saw.
(c) How to use a measuring tape.
(d) How to hammer a nail.

4. On their trip to North Conway in Chapter 16, what does Spenser tell Paul is "against the rules"?
(a) Running away from home.
(b) Lying to Spenser.
(c) Speaking badly of another person's beloved.
(d) Not learning to be a man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Paul and Spenser catch the person whom they are looking for in Chapter 24?

3. The first morning that Paul and Spenser are in the cabin, what does Spenser set out for breakfast?

4. What does Susan say about Spenser's personality in Chapter 20?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of character is Harry Cotton?

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

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

4. Is Spenser's plan to blackmail the Giacomins in order to make them pay for Paul's education and living expenses, as well as staying away from him a good plan? Why? Why not?

5. Why does Spenser agree to keep Paul after the kidnapping scare when Patty is taken hostage?

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

7. How is the reader likely to feel when Patty shows up to take Paul home in Chapter 22?

8. Why does Paul's revelation that he would like to be a dancer important?

9. Why does Spenser send Paul and Patty to Susan's house in Chapter 13?

10. What is the lesson that Spenser is trying to teach Paul via the two of them building the cabin together with their own hands instead of hiring someone else to do it or using machinery?

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