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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?
(a) Finding where they were bought will lead to the killer.
(b) They contain the murderer's fingerprints.
(c) They're marijuana rather than tobacco.
(d) They contain the murderer's DNA.

2. What does Anne Riordan do for a living?
(a) She's an opera singer.
(b) She writes feature articles.
(c) She's a paleontologist.
(d) She is a kindergarten teacher.

3. What word does Jessie Florian use when she refers to a policeman?
(a) Patrolman.
(b) Officer.
(c) Flatfoot.
(d) Copper.

4. What does Marlowe eat at the beginning of Chapter 28?
(a) A large breakfast of boiled eggs, toast, and coffee.
(b) A steak and baked potato with a salad.
(c) Apple pie and ice cream.
(d) A ham and swiss cheese sandwich.

5. Who pulls a small revolver on Marlowe in Chapter 17?
(a) Anne Riordan.
(b) Jessie Florian.
(c) Mrs. Morrison.
(d) Moose Malloy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe the place in which Marlowe finds himself at the beginning of Chapter 25?

2. What does Marlowe bathe his sore head with at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. What evidence confirms Marlowe's suspicions about why he is hallucinating?

4. How do Lieutenant Randall and Marlowe get into Jessie Florian's house in Chapter 30?

5. Who is John Wax?

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