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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. What does Spenser tell Paul that they are going to do with Susan's rural property?
2. While Spenser and Paul are working in Chapter 22, who goes to the cabin?
3. Why does Mel's access to "leg breakers" concern Spenser?
4. Who was the best fighter Spenser ever fought?
5. What is Paul's response to Spenser's plans for the property?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Susan feel about Spenser sending Paul and Patty to her house in Chapter 13?
3. How does Spenser handle the confrontation with Patty in Chapter 22?
4. Does Susan make a good point about parental rights in Chapter 23? Why? Why not?
5. Why does Spenser feel that teaching Paul to box and weight lift is important?
6. Why does Spenser send Paul and Patty to Susan's house in Chapter 13?
7. In Chapter 17, Paul asks Spenser why he cannot simply leave him alone. Spenser replies that he cannot leave him alone because everyone in his life has left him alone and it has not done him any good. He also tells Paul that his goal is to help him become a better person. What does Spenser mean by that?
8. Why does Spenser does not take a television to the cabin with him and Paul?
9. Why does Paul force Spenser to wake him the way that he did in Chapter 16?
10. What is Susan's opinion about Spenser keeping Paul?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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.
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