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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twelve - Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marlowe returns to the lake with the police, what has Bill Chess done?
(a) Pulled the body out of the water.
(b) Gone to his cabin and passed out, drunk.
(c) Fainted on the edge of the lake.
(d) Gone missing.

2. What does Marlowe identify as Bill's biggest problem, if he killed Muriel?
(a) Getting rid of Muriel's car.
(b) Getting rid of Muriel's clothes.
(c) Explaining Muriel's disappearance to her friends.
(d) Getting rid of any blood evidence in the house.

3. What communication did Kingsley receive after his wife went missing?
(a) A telegram signed by her.
(b) A phone call from her.
(c) A package from her.
(d) A letter signed by her.

4. Degarmo asks Marlowe if someone hired him. Who?
(a) "Her" husband.
(b) "Her" boyfriend.
(c) "Her" parents.
(d) "Her" lawyer.

5. What does the sheriff imply about Bill's note from Muriel?
(a) That she might have written it long ago, the last time she left him.
(b) That it might be intended to deceive him.
(c) That it might have been written after she disappeared.
(d) That it might be forged by Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression does Marlowe have from Miss Fromsett, after she gives him Chris Lavery's address?

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

3. Why does Marlowe decide that Almore must know Lavery?

4. When does Marlowe tell Chess that Kingsley's wife is missing?

5. What does Marlowe tell Kingsley that he'll have to do?

(see the answer key)

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