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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty - Twenty-three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clue does Marlowe see that Lavery was up at Little Fawn Lake?
(a) An arrangement of lilac.
(b) A spray of manzanita.
(c) A spray of dogwood.
(d) An arrangement of pine cones.

2. What floor is Marlowe's room on, at the Prescott Hotel?
(a) The sixth floor.
(b) The fourh floor.
(c) The eighth floor.
(d) The second floor.

3. What does Marlowe find out about De Soto when he calls the police department?
(a) De Soto has been arrested.
(b) De Soto is dead.
(c) There's no one named De Soto at the department.
(d) De Soto is retired.

4. What does Degarmo accuse Marlowe of?
(a) Casing Almore's house.
(b) Casing Lavery's house.
(c) Being a public nuissance.
(d) Loitering.

5. How well does Miss Fromsett say she knew Mrs. Almore?
(a) Very well as girls, but she hadn't seen her for many years.
(b) Very well, they were intimate friends.
(c) Casually, having met her a couple of times.
(d) Not at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marlowe open the window of Bill Chess's cabin?

2. When Marlowe brushes his hair, what does he notice about it?

3. Where does Miss Fromsett say she'll look for the name of Mrs. Almore's parents?

4. Where do Marlowe and Miss Fromsett go to talk privately?

5. What does Marlowe ask Kingsley, before explaining what he's discovered?

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