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

2. On their first full day at the cabin in Chapter 16, Spenser and Paul go to North Conway for which of the following?
(a) To buy Paul some sneakers.
(b) To go record shopping.
(c) To buy books.
(d) To buy a television for the cabin.

3. Where do Paul and Spenser arrive at in Chapter 25?
(a) Susan Silverman's office.
(b) Harry Crimoli's gym.
(c) Harry Cotton's car lot.
(d) Mel Giacomin's insurance firm.

4. Which of the following projects does Spenser think will teach Paul to become independent and self-reliant?
(a) Going camping for a month in the wilds of the Maine woods.
(b) Growing his own food and living in a cabin in the Maine woods.
(c) Building a house on Susan's property in Fryeburg, Maine.
(d) Moving out by himself.

5. In Chapter 18, where does Paul tell Spenser that he has never been?
(a) To Philadelphia.
(b) To Miami.
(c) To New York.
(d) To Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information did Spenser find out from the person whom he caught in Chapter 24?

2. What does Spenser say about ballet dancers?

3. Besides the man sitting at the desk, who else is in the building that Paul and Spenser visit in Chapter 25?

4. What does Paul's dad, Mel say about the ballet?

5. What does Spenser wear on Saturday morning in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of character is Harry Cotton?

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

3. Is Spenser's evaluation of Susan's attitude in Chapter 23 an accurate one? Why? Why not?

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

5. Why does Spenser feel that teaching Paul to box and weight lift is important?

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

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

8. 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?

9. As evidenced in his conversation with Spenser in Chapter 20, why is Paul curious in relation to why his parents think the way that they do?

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

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