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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following people does not meet Marlowe at the Grayle mansion in Chapter 18?
(a) Lieutenant Randall.
(b) Mr. Grayle.
(c) Anne Riordan.
(d) Mrs. Grayle.

2. What does Marlowe suggest that Jules Amthor get Second Planting to do?
(a) Take a bath.
(b) Study martial arts.
(c) Search for Moose Malloy.
(d) Become a movie actor.

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

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

5. When Mrs. Morrison describes a recent male visitor to Jessie Florian's home, Marlowe thinks the visitor is ___________.
(a) Moose Malloy.
(b) Lindsay Marriott.
(c) Laird Burnett.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the photo that Marlowe gives Lieutenant of Little Velma, what kind of costume is Velma wearing?

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

3. Who carries a trust deed on Jessie Florian's home at 1644 West 54th Place?

4. According to Lieutenant Nulty in Chapter 7, who has been to visit Jessie Florian after Marlowe's visit to her?

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Jules Amthor?

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