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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. What does Patty want Spenser to do in Chapter 7?
(a) To go to her house in Lexington.
(b) To retrieve Paul again.
(c) To deliver a message to Mel.
(d) To help her find her sister.

2. What is the narrator hired to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Investigate the client's spouse.
(b) Find the client's son and bring him back home.
(c) Locate the client's missing dog, a championship-winning fox terrier.
(d) Help the client find out about a blackmailer.

3. Where do Paul and Spenser arrive at in Chapter 25?
(a) Mel Giacomin's insurance firm.
(b) Harry Crimoli's gym.
(c) Harry Cotton's car lot.
(d) Susan Silverman's office.

4. What does Spenser tell Paul about fighting in a "regular" fight?
(a) That anybody can beat anybody in a fight without rules.
(b) That fighting is only for the strong-willed.
(c) That the strongest fighter always wins.
(d) That the smartest fighter always wins.

5. Why does Susan feel the way that she does about the idea of Paul being away from his parents and learning self-reliance?
(a) Because she knows how difficult it is to raise children with issues like Paul's; and she doubts that there is any possibility of change.
(b) Because she had a child that she had to give up, and she still hurts over that decision.
(c) Because she was separated from her parents when she was young, and she feels that it was a detriment to the rest of her life.
(d) Because as a guidance counselor, she knows how necessary it is for a child to be with their parents, even if the parents are abusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, when Patty and Spenser are talking at the breakfast table, what conclusion does Spenser come to about Patty, Mel, and Paul's relationship?

2. Who is Mortimer Snerd?

3. Who are the two men who force their way into Patty's house in Chapter 11?

4. What is Paul's answer when Spenser asks him whether there is any place that he has always wanted to go, that no one would take him, that he was afraid to ask?

5. What is Spenser's solution to the problem discussed in Chapter 23?

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