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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?
(a) Whether he was lonely.
(b) Whether he was married.
(c) Whether he wanted lunch.
(d) Whether he had decided if he would stay with them and take the job or not.

2. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Susan Silverman.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Patty Giacomin.

3. Who was at home with Patty when Spenser and Paul arrived in Chapter 5?
(a) Mel Giacomin.
(b) Harry Cotton.
(c) Susan Silverman.
(d) Stephen Court.

4. Who is the short, dumpy, barrel-bodied man with the ugly wig and an auburn Dynel ski cap who entered Patty's house?
(a) Harold.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Harry.

5. Which one of the men who enter Patty's house in Chapter 11 does Spenser know?
(a) Harry.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Harold.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Spenser do?

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

3. What is the setting of the first paragraph of Chapter 6?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Patty do in response to Paul's comments about her thoughts on the reality of modern women?

Short Essay Questions

1. If you were Spenser, what would you have done differently in Chapter 2?

2. By the beginning of Chapter 6, some time has passed since Spenser's case with the Giacomins; but, he really cannot stop thinking about the whole situation. It bothers him at a basketball game during a date with his girlfriend, Susan. What does this extended concern that Spenser shows for Paul and the discontent that Spenser feel for Patty and Mel show about Spenser's character?

3. What type of person does the narrator seem to be?

4. What do Paul Giacomin's feelings for his parents appear to be?

5. What does Spenser's rescue plan for Patty and Paul along with its execution show us about yet another part of Spenser's personality?

6. In Chapter 8, Patty makes breakfast for herself and Spenser after Spenser drops Paul off at school. During breakfast the two of them get into a somewhat heated discussion about the roles of men and women in life, as well as their places in society. What are Patty's views on the topic as shown by that discussion?

7. In the scene where Paul arrives home, Patty is entertaining a male guest, Stephen Court. How does that scene make you feel?

8. Spenser reluctantly takes the job of protecting Patty and Paul from Mel and his thugs. What reservations does Spenser have about taking the job, and why does he take it?

9. Do you think that it was wise for Spenser to have entered Giacomin's house the way that he did?

10. What does the discussion that Patty and Spenser have in Chapter 8 reveal to the audience about Patty's real character?

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