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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides the narrator, who else was evicted from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston?
(a) No one.
(b) A fortune-teller and a bookie.
(c) A bank and a tailor.
(d) A pet shop and a dry cleaner.

2. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's muscles?
(a) That they are ugly.
(b) That they are fake.
(c) That they are impressive.
(d) That they are wimpy.

3. Who is Mel Giacomin?
(a) Spenser's client.
(b) A dentist.
(c) Patty's ex-husband and Paul's father.
(d) A hoodlum Spenser knows from the past.

4. What new character is introduced in Chapter 6?
(a) Susan.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Harry.
(d) Hawk.

5. In what month does the story begin?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 3, what does the man keep calling the narrator?

3. In Chapter 4, what does the passenger say about the narrator's profession?

4. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?

5. Where does the narrator follow the woman to in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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