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

2. In Chapter 2, who is the narrator staking out and trying to find?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Harry Cotton.
(c) Mel Giacomin.
(d) Susan Silverman.

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

4. In Chapter 10, what is Paul's response after Patty tells Spenser her thoughts on the reality of modern women?
(a) "Those are your beliefs, Mom."
(b) "Yeah, look where it got you."
(c) "You are going through a tough time. But you will not feel that way forever."
(d) "Just because I am a boy I do not have an opinion on the subject."

5. In Chapter 7, what does Patty tell Spenser has happened to Paul?
(a) That Paul tried to run away to his father's house.
(b) That a strange man approached Paul on his way home from school, and told him that his father wanted to see him. When Paul would not go with him, the man got out of his car and started to chase him.
(c) That his father came to Paul's school and tried to take him out of class.
(d) That the person whom she hired to babysit Paul while she was out, turned out to be one of Mel's henchmen who tried to kidnap Paul.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does this story take place?

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

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

5. What is Patty's reasoning for being married?

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