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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 trhough 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's profession?
(a) That it is a rotten occupation.
(b) That it is totally great.
(c) That it is very interesting.
(d) That it is awfully gross.

2. Who is inside the building that the narrator enters in Chapter 3?
(a) Hawk and Henry.
(b) Spenser and Susan Silverman.
(c) Patty Giacomin and Paul Giacomin.
(d) Mel Giacomin and Elaine Brooks.

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

4. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Paul do?
(a) Stay with a friend.
(b) Build some cabinets for the house.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Build a model sailboat.

5. In Chapter 7, what do Patty, Paul, and Spenser have for dinner?
(a) Hamburgers and french fries.
(b) Steak, peas, and baked potato.
(c) Hot dogs with macarooni and cheese.
(d) Cold tuna sandwiches on rye bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul say about his own father and cooking?

2. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?

3. In Chapter 10, Spenser tells Patty that he can put her in touch with the feminist writer, Rachel Wallace. Patty responds that feminist theory is all well and good on paper, but that it is not successful in reality. Spenser asks her what the term, successful means in the "real world"; and Patty's response is:

4. In what month does the story begin?

5. What is the narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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