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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. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?
(a) He pulls out his key and unlocks the side entrance to the house.
(b) He runs up the front steps and bursts through the door.
(c) He opens the back door and enters without knocking or any type of announcement.
(d) He barges in the front door and yells, "Hey! I'm home!"

2. In Chapter 5, what is Patty's first response to Spenser and Paul's entrance?
(a) "Where were you?"
(b) She throws her arms around Paul and gives him a big hug.
(c) She cries and runs to her son.
(d) "Oh, Paul, I didn't expect you so soon."

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, where is the narrator sitting?
(a) Outside an apartment building on Hammond Pond Parkway in Chestnut Hill.
(b) The narrator's office.
(c) At police headquarters.
(d) At the counter of a Dunkin' Donuts.

4. What does the narrator buy at Bloomingdale's?
(a) A fedora.
(b) A silver wine bucket.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A pair of sneakers.

5. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.
(b) That he needs directions.
(c) That he is looking for her lost cat.
(d) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the tall man with the boot camp crew-cut and a navy watch cap who entered Patty's house?

2. In Chapter 6, what nagging situation is on Spenser's mind?

3. In Chapter 8, how long was the time period that Spenser was gone following breakfast?

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

5. In Chapter 3, after the narrator enters the house and confronts the two people inside, how do the people react?

(see the answer key)

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