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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. When they arrive at the house in Chapter 4, how does the passenger enter the house?
(a) He pulls out his key and unlocks the side entrance to the house.
(b) He opens the back door and enters without knocking or any type of announcement.
(c) He runs up the front steps and bursts through the door.
(d) He barges in the front door and yells, "Hey! I'm home!"

2. What does the narrator say to the woman who answers the door in Chapter 2?
(a) That he is selling magazine subscriptions.
(b) That he needs directions.
(c) That he is looking for her lost cat.
(d) That he is delivering a package from Mr. Giacomin.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Patty inform Spenser in relation to the upcoming weekend?
(a) That he and Paul will be alone because she is going to New York.
(b) That Paul has a doctor's appointment.
(c) That Mel is coming to visit Paul because it is his court-ordered visitation day.
(d) That Susan is having a grand party at the house.

4. In Chapter 5, what is Patty's first response to Spenser and Paul's entrance?
(a) "Where were you?"
(b) She throws her arms around Paul and gives him a big hug.
(c) "Oh, Paul, I didn't expect you so soon."
(d) She cries and runs to her son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Giacomin house two days following the argument about the role of the modern women?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Spenser do after breakfast?

3. Who is inside the building that the narrator enters in Chapter 3?

4. When Patty leaves for New York, what does Paul do?

5. How does the narrator enter the building in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Spenser not like the growing sense of intimacy that he describes in Chapter 10?

2. What type of person does Mel Giacomin appear to be?

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

4. What type of person does the narrator seem 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 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?

7. In Chapter 9, Spenser makes an impromptu dinner for himself and Paul. At the dinner table, Paul seems surprised that Spenser can cook. The discussion that follows allows the reader to learn more about Paul and his relationship with the world around him. What did you learn about Paul and how he relates to the world around him?

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

10. Based on what we read in Chapter 2, what types of personal qualities would be necessary to handle Spenser's job? Why?

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