# Opening Hook Audit: Chapter 02

- CRITERION 1: PULLS — first 50 words quoted: "The caterers left at ten forty, and by eleven Theo had the front room of Marchetti Rooms back in daytime order: glasses crated by the door for Monday's rental pickup, the folding table collapsed and stowed, the guest book closed on its ribbon. What he could not find was" — reasoning: the first sentence starts with Theo in cleanup motion, then turns on the missing class list. The pull is not atmosphere; it is a practical object that now matters.
- CRITERION 2: CLEAN — strongest atmospheric candidate: "front room of Marchetti Rooms back in daytime order: glasses crated..." This survives because the room is filtered through Theo's work and the missing-list problem, not a camera pan.
- CRITERION 3: not applicable — Chapter 02 is not Chapter 01 or a part-opening.

Chapter verdict: HOOKED.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
