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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. Who does Spenser call on to help him during the hostage situation in Chapter 12?
(a) Henry.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Harold.
2. In Chapter 8, when he returned after his respite after breakfast, what does Patty ask him?
(a) Whether he had decided if he would stay with them and take the job or not.
(b) Whether he wanted lunch.
(c) Whether he was married.
(d) Whether he was lonely.
3. Who hires the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Patty Giacomin.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Susan Silverman.
(d) Hawk.
4. In Chapter 8, what does Patty inform Spenser in relation to the upcoming weekend?
(a) That Paul has a doctor's appointment.
(b) That he and Paul will be alone because she is going to New York.
(c) That Susan is having a grand party at the house.
(d) That Mel is coming to visit Paul because it is his court-ordered visitation day.
5. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.
(b) That he is looking for her lost cat.
(c) That he needs directions.
(d) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what is Patty's "plan" for Spenser?
2. In what month does the story begin?
3. 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?
4. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Paul do?
5. In Chapter 8, how long was the time period that Spenser was gone following breakfast?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12 we meet Hawk. What kind of a person does Hawk appear to be?
2. Do you think that it was wise for Spenser to have entered Giacomin's house the way that he did?
3. How does Spenser diffuse the situation between himself, Buddy, and Harold in Chapter 11?
4. In the scene where Paul arrives home, Patty is entertaining a male guest, Stephen Court. How does that scene make you feel?
5. 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?
6. If you were Spenser, what would you have done differently in Chapter 2?
7. In Chapter 10, Patty propositions Spenser, who politely rejects her advances. The two have a fairly lengthy discussion about the event, during which we learn more about Patty's feelings of self worth. What are those feelings?
8. Why does Spenser not like the growing sense of intimacy that he describes in Chapter 10?
9. What type of person does the narrator seem to be?
10. In Chapter 6 we are introduced to Spenser's girlfriend, Susan Silverman. What type of a person does she seem to be, and how does that contrast or compliment Spenser's personality?
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