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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 already there when Spenser arrives at his destination in Chapter 13?
2. What does Spenser say about too much positivity in Chapter 20?
3. Where does Spenser have Paul stay in Chapter 23?
4. Why does Spenser feel that Paul needs to be away from his parents?
5. What does the man sitting at the desk in Chapter 25 look like?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Spenser believes that teaching Paul to run is important?
2. What is Susan's opinion about Spenser keeping Paul?
3. How does Spenser handle the confrontation with Patty in Chapter 22?
4. 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?
5. Why does Spenser agree to keep Paul after the kidnapping scare when Patty is taken hostage?
6. What type of character is Harry Cotton?
7. Why does Paul's revelation that he would like to be a dancer important?
8. 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?
9. In Chapter 21 we are able to see how Paul is growing both physically and emotionally. How has he grown?
10. Why does Spenser send Paul and Patty to Susan's house in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There is quite a bit of stereotyping used in "Early Autumn". A stereotype is the belief commonly held about certain social groups or types of individuals. For instance, the stereotypical private eye, or "gumshoe" is a tough guy who has a smart mouth, a smooth talker, and is quick-witted. He always gets the girls and drives a cool car. What are the ways that Spenser fits that stereotype? What are the ways that he does not fit into that stereotype? Use instances from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Mel and Patty have a complex relationship. They used to be in love, hence their marriage and Paul's birth. Somewhere along the way, that marriage disintegrated, leading to their separation and eventual divorce. Now their only purpose is to hurt each other in any way that they can, specifically to use Paul as the object to do that with.
Part 1) Explore the motivation that the two have to hurt each other the way that they do; why do you think that they do it?
Part 2) What effect has that relationship between his parents had on Paul?
Use specific examples from the text to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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