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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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?
(a) The way they are doing it does not allow the cabin to have a cellar.
(b) The way that they are doing it is more expensive.
(c) The way that they are doing it is too shabby.
(d) The way that they are doing it takes more time, effort, and materials.

4. What does Spenser wonder about the female jogger in the beige and blue exercise outfit?
(a) Whether he could ask her for her phone number.
(b) Whether she was married or living with someone.
(c) Whether she was wealthy or poor?
(d) Whether she would jog with him if he were to offer her money and power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what do Patty, Paul, and Spenser have for dinner?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 22, what skill is Paul learning?

3. Why does Mel's access to "leg breakers" concern Spenser?

4. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?

5. How does the narrator get into room 315?

(see the answer key)

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