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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe Moose Malloy?
(a) Wearing a grey sports coat with white golf ball buttons.
(b) Bald with thick black spectacles.
(c) Six foot five inches tall and not wider than a beer truck.
(d) In perpetual need of a shave.

2. As the novel opens, who is Marlowe trying to find?
(a) A missing barber named Dimitrios Aleidis.
(b) His secretary, Cassandra.
(c) A missing schoolteacher named Leigh Jordan.
(d) His bookie, Louis.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 15, whose office does Marlowe phone for an appointment?
(a) Lieutenant Randall's.
(b) Mr. Grayle's.
(c) Jules Amthor's.
(d) Anne Riordan's.

4. In Chapter 4, who tells Marlowe that Mike Florian's widow Jessie is still alive?
(a) The front desk clerk at the Hotel Sans Souci.
(b) Lieutenant Nulty.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Florian's bouncer.

5. What does Malloy do to the bouncer at Florian's in Chapter 2?
(a) He gives the bouncer a very small tip.
(b) He knocks the man out.
(c) He fires the bouncer.
(d) He gives the bouncer a counterfeit twenty dollar bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Morrison's relationship with Jessie Florian?

2. The thieves order Lindsay Marriott and his lady friend not to tell _________________about the theft.

3. Who took the Russian cigarettes with the paper mouthpieces from Lindsay Marriott's dead body?

4. What is in the envelope that Jessie Florian gives Marlowe in Chapter 5?

5. Why does Lindsay Marriott want to hire Philip Marlowe?

(see the answer key)

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