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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 is Spenser's solution to the problem discussed in Chapter 23?
(a) To use Elaine to find Mel.
(b) To blackmail Paul's parents.
(c) There is no solution.
(d) To look into boarding schools.

2. When does Paul set out on his journey of self-discovery and growth?
(a) In August.
(b) In July.
(c) In September.
(d) In May.

3. Why does Mel's access to "leg breakers" concern Spenser?
(a) Because Mel's friends could hurt Paul.
(b) Because a normal insurance salesman and real estate agent would not know where to find such individuals.
(c) Because Mel's friends could hurt Patty.
(d) Because they would get in the way of a court case.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what does Hawk say about Spenser?

2. How does Susan describe the relationship that parents have with their children?

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

4. What does Paul ask Spenser about red and gray squirrels?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 21 we are able to see how Paul is growing both physically and emotionally. How has he grown?

3. What type of character is Harry Cotton?

4. Aside from making sure that Paul has a presentable suit to wear to the ballet, what is the point of taking Paul to Louis' to get a suit?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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