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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. Who was the best fighter Spenser ever fought?
(a) Muhammad Ali.
(b) Horace Gracie.
(c) Joe Walcott.
(d) Rob Marciano.

2. What does the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25 look like?
(a) Scrawny, potbellied, with long, dirty fingernails and yellow teeth. His hair was the color of a Norway rat, and very thin.
(b) He was very businesslike; a crisp suit, spectacles, and a red tie.
(c) He was very fit, with well-defined muscles and a crew haircut.
(d) He was enormous; with thin blonde hair and the face of a bull mastiff.

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

4. What is the story that Patty recalls in Chapter 13?
(a) That she was at the grocery store when three men with guns forced her into theri car. They drove to a pay phone in Boston, and then on to a bridge where they told her to get out and start walking.
(b) The story of how she and Mel met and got married.
(c) That Mel was waiting for her by her car in the grocery store parking lot, and that he demanded his son or he would tell the police that she had kidnapped him.
(d) That while she was at the grocery store, three of Mel's henchmen threatened to kill her if she did not deliver Paul to Mel's house that afternoon.

5. Who is already there when Spenser arrives at his destination in Chapter 13?
(a) Susan, Patty, and Paul; Hawk arrives with Spenser.
(b) Hawk, Buddy, and Harold.
(c) Paul, Mel, and Buddy.
(d) Mel, Buddy, and Harold.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Who is the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25?

4. In Chapter 15, Spenser and Paul are discussing Hawk. In that discussion about Hawk, what does Spenser tell Paul that he will help him learn?

5. In Chapter 17, when Paul asks Spenser why he cannot just leave him alone, what is Spenser's answer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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