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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 ultimately happens to the police car Marv steals after his hotel escape?
(a) He drives it off a pier.
(b) He crashes it into a brick wall.
(c) He leaves it in a junkyard.
(d) He sets it on fire.

2. What makes Marv cry in his mother's home?
(a) The smells from childhood.
(b) The absence of his father.
(c) The disarray.
(d) His mother's cane.

3. Describe the weather at the beginning of "The Hard Goodbye."
(a) Mild.
(b) Raining.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Hot.

4. Who is waiting for Marv to surface from the water, not knowing that he has exited the water another way?
(a) Police officers.
(b) Goldie.
(c) The murderer.
(d) His gang.

5. From what infirm does Marv's mother suffer?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Bipolar.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Unable to walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of bed are Marv and Goldie together on?

2. Where did Goldie pick up Marv before bringing him to the hotel?

3. What is significant about what is strewn about the street when Marv finally leaves his room in Chapter 5?

4. Where does Marv throw the cops after pulling them from their cruiser in Chapter 2?

5. What does the arrival of the police officers in Chapter 1 indicate to Marv?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marv kill the priest?

2. What does Marv swear to Goldie at the end of chapter two?

3. How does Marv acquire a police cruiser and what happens to it by the end of the chapter?

4. How does Marv pass the day in the beginning of chapter five?

5. What does Marv believe about his encounter with Goldie's doppelganger near the church?

6. How does Marv escape from the hotel?

7. What happens to Marv after he leaves the church in chapter five?

8. What is significant about Marv believing that he caught Goldie's scent in the air?

9. What information does Marv get from the priest in chapter five?

10. Who is Nancy?

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