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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. In Chapter 8, what does Patty inform Spenser in relation to the upcoming weekend?
(a) That Susan is having a grand party at the house.
(b) That he and Paul will be alone because she is going to New York.
(c) That Paul has a doctor's appointment.
(d) That Mel is coming to visit Paul because it is his court-ordered visitation day.

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

3. What is Spenser's response to Patty's "plan" in Chapter 7?
(a) He agrees, but acknowledges that guarding them is only a temporary solution.
(b) He politely declines the job, and gives her the name of an associate more suited for that type of work.
(c) He asks her to put him on permanent retainer.
(d) He tells her that it will not work, and that they must think of something else.

4. In Chapter 3, after the narrator enters the house and confronts the two people inside, how do the people react?
(a) They are relieved.
(b) They are happy.
(c) They are excited.
(d) They are surprised.

5. What does Paul ask Spenser about dinner the first night that Patty is away in New York?
(a) Whether they could go to the Chinese restarurant where he got the take-out.
(b) Where he got the pizza.
(c) Whether he could have the tuna salad sandwich from the deli.
(d) Whether he cooked the meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spenser tells Paul that they are building the cabin a simpler, yet less desirable way. Why is the way they are doing it less desirable?

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

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

4. In Chapter 15, Spenser and Paul are discussing Hawk. In that discussion about Hawk, what does Spenser tell Paul that he will help him learn?

5. What idea does Patty come up with to solve the problem of Mel's henchmen in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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