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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Giacomin house two days following the argument about the role of the modern women?
(a) Patty gets angry at Spenser and demands that he leave the house.
(b) Paul tries to run away.
(c) Patty apologizes to Spenser and asks him to leave.
(d) Some men come to kidnap Paul.

2. What does Spenser need to learn more than anything else if he is to survive?
(a) How to make his parents happy.
(b) How to dress.
(c) How to please others.
(d) Autonomy.

3. Who is Mortimer Snerd?
(a) A cartoon character.
(b) A nerdy TV personality.
(c) A ventriloquist's dummy.
(d) An author.

4. In Chapter 14, what does Hawk say about Spenser?
(a) That he is predictable.
(b) That he is reliable.
(c) That he is unpredictable.
(d) That he is unreliable.

5. Which of the following projects does Spenser think will teach Paul to become independent and self-reliant?
(a) Going camping for a month in the wilds of the Maine woods.
(b) Building a house on Susan's property in Fryeburg, Maine.
(c) Moving out by himself.
(d) Growing his own food and living in a cabin in the Maine woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were some of the narrator's new neighbors?

2. Who is the narrator?

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

4. In Chapter 7, what do Patty, Paul, and Spenser have for dinner?

5. Who does Spenser call on to help him during the hostage situation in Chapter 12?

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