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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the narrator?
2. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Spenser do?
3. What is Patty's reasoning for being married?
4. What does Spenser do for dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?
5. What habit does the passenger have that drives the narrator absolutely crazy during their car ride in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of person does Paul Giacomin appear to be?
2. In Chapter 12 we meet Hawk. What kind of a person does Hawk appear to be?
3. What type of person does Patty Giacomin seem to be?
4. If you were Spenser, what would you have done differently in Chapter 2?
5. Spenser reluctantly takes the job of protecting Patty and Paul from Mel and his thugs. What reservations does Spenser have about taking the job, and why does he take it?
6. In Chapter 9, Spenser makes an impromptu dinner for himself and Paul. At the dinner table, Paul seems surprised that Spenser can cook. The discussion that follows allows the reader to learn more about Paul and his relationship with the world around him. What did you learn about Paul and how he relates to the world around him?
7. What does Spenser's preparation of the impromptu meal in Chapter 9 reveal about his character?
8. What do Paul Giacomin's feelings for his parents appear to be?
9. In Chapter 6 we are introduced to Spenser's girlfriend, Susan Silverman. What type of a person does she seem to be, and how does that contrast or compliment Spenser's personality?
10. What does Spenser's rescue plan for Patty and Paul along with its execution show us about yet another part of Spenser's personality?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the major characters in this book (Spenser, Susan, Patty, Mel, or Paul). Choose one specific situation out of the book and explain what and how you would have changed it. For instance, if you choose Patty in Chapter 1 where she hires Spenser, what would you change about that situation? Would you hire a private investigator as she did, or would you perhaps go to the police, to try to solve the problem yourself? Use instances from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Spenser and Susan's relationship is very different from Mel and Patty's.
Part 1) Explore the relationship between Susan and Spenser in a more in-depth way; how do they treat each other (i.e., Spenser uses manners when speaking to Susan; Susan is always truthful to Spenser, even when it is not something that he necessarily wants to hear);
Part 2) How does the relationship between Spenser and Susan affect Paul?
Use specific examples from the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
This story takes place in Boston, and all of the characters are Boston residents. The characters in "Early Autumn" do not speak with any kind of accent, most notably the "Bahstahn" accent. Why does Parker not have his characters speak with any accents?
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