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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 does Marlowe ask the Prescott Hotel bellhop to bring?
(a) The hotel register.
(b) Extra blankets.
(c) Ginger ale, glasses, and ice.
(d) A steak dinner and beer.

2. Who do the Graysons suspect Dr. Almore of having an affair with?
(a) Mildred Haviland.
(b) A woman whose name neither one knows.
(c) Crystal Kingsley.
(d) Miss Fromsett.

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

4. Why does Marlowe wipe the gun down with a handkerchief?
(a) He doesn't want his own fingerprints on it.
(b) He doesn't want the murderer's fingerprints on it.
(c) He doesn't want any fingerprints on it.
(d) He doesn't want Kingsley's fingerprints on it.

5. Is the Prescott Hotel bellhop able to identify Crystal Kingsley from Marlowe's photograph?
(a) Yes, after a minute, he identifies her.
(b) Yes, he identifies her immediately.
(c) No, he says she didn't look like the photograph.
(d) No, he says blondes of that type all look similar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is on the walls of Bill Chess's bedroom?

3. Who does Birdie Keppel introduce herself as?

4. Where does the police lieutenant who comes to see Marlowe say he's from?

5. Where does the black Cadillac coupe come from that drives by Marlowe, as he is knocking at Lavery's door?

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