1. When Paul asks Spenser about his fighting career, he asks if he could have been a champion; and Spenser says no. What is Spenser's reasoning for that answer?
(a) Because he did not want to be a champion.
(b) Because he was in a different league than champions.
(c) Because he injured his knee and could not fight anymore.
(d) Because he got too old to train properly.

2. What information did Spenser find out from the person whom he caught in Chapter 24?
(a) That Mel Giacomin was an assassin.
(b) That Paul was really the son of a powerful mobster.
(c) That Patty Giacomin was a prostitute.
(d) That he knew Mel through Harry Cotten.

3. Why does Mel's access to "leg breakers" concern Spenser?
(a) Because Mel's friends could hurt Patty.
(b) Because a normal insurance salesman and real estate agent would not know where to find such individuals.
(c) Because they would get in the way of a court case.
(d) Because Mel's friends could hurt Paul.

4. In Chapter 9, what do Paul and Spenser decide to do for dessert?
(a) Bake a cake together.
(b) Buy some cookies at the corner store.
(c) Go to Baskin-Robbins for ice cream.
(d) Go to a nearby diner for pie.

5. In Chapter 4, what reasoning does the narrator give for his career choice?
(a) "I couldn't finish medical school."
(b) "I used to be a singer, until I popped my vocal chord."
(c) "It lets me live life on my own terms."
(d) "All the good acting roles were taken."