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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. What kind of car do the Sternwood's own?
(a) Bentley
(b) Mercedes
(c) Rolls Royce
(d) Packard

2. Who walks up the drive while Marlowe is on the phone?
(a) Mars
(b) Ohls
(c) Brody
(d) Carmen

3. Which edition of Ben Hur is Marlowe looking for?
(a) Second edition
(b) Third edition
(c) First edition
(d) Fifth edition

4. What is gone from Geiger's house?
(a) The camera
(b) The totem pole
(c) The blue leather book
(d) Geiger's body

5. What is the name of the lead investigator for the District Attorney?
(a) Johnny Bowgot
(b) Bernie Ohls
(c) Gerdie Davis
(d) Jackie Sernbody

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Carmen say killed Geiger?

2. What country is Rusty from?

3. What time does Geiger arrive?

4. What kind of car pulls into Geiger's driveway?

5. What does Vivian show Marlowe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brody need to run Geiger's business successfully?

2. How does Marlowe make the woman in Geiger's store nervous?

3. What does Marlowe find out about Eddie in chapter 13?

4. Describe what Marlowe does when he gets back to his apartment in chapter 30.

5. How does Marlowe show his intelligence in chapter 20?

6. How does Marlowe know that Jones has been poisoned?

7. Why does Canino think Marlowe is dead?

8. What suggestion are there that Geiger's store maybe a smut shop?

9. How does Marlowe react to Vivian's anger in chapter 32?

10. How does Mars react to the fact that there maybe a gray Plymouth on Marlowe's tail?

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