The Lady in the Lake Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Lady in the Lake Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlowe tell Mrs. Kingsley to distract her and make her move?
(a) That she's too close and the gun safety isn't off.
(b) That her gun is going to misfire.
(c) That he's heard a noise out in the hallway.
(d) That he saw a man moving behind the curtain.

2. What does Degarmo call the other cop at the scene of the murder Marlowe is framed for?
(a) Red.
(b) Shorty.
(c) Killer.
(d) Mac.

3. What color is the scarf Miss Fromsett gives Marlowe to wear, to identify him?
(a) Blue and purple.
(b) Green and yellow.
(c) Black and gold.
(d) Orange and red.

4. What do Degarmo and Marlowe stop for at Crestline?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Gas.
(c) A beer.
(d) Directions.

5. Who calls Sheriff Patton's office to tell them where Degarmo is?
(a) The sergeant in charge of the Puma Lake dam sentries.
(b) A cop from San Bernardino.
(c) One of the cabin owners up at the lake.
(d) A reporter from the local paper.

6. What do the police who stop Marlowe make him do?
(a) Take a white pill.
(b) Give them his gun.
(c) Give them the keys to his car.
(d) Drink whiskey.

7. What does Marlowe believe Almore saw?
(a) Degamo giving money to his former wife.
(b) Degarmo following Lavery.
(c) The gun that Lavery was killed with.
(d) Degarmo's former wife at Lavery's house.

8. What does Marlowe see of Patton drawing his weapon?
(a) Him pulling the trigger.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Him reaching for his holster.
(d) Him pulling up his weapon to fire.

9. What does Marlowe do when Webber asks him to promise to keep what he's told Marlowe quiet?
(a) Marlowe gives his sincere promise to Webber.
(b) Marlowe tells Webber that he can't promise.
(c) Marlowe promises, but he is lying.
(d) Marlowe nods but doesn't promise.

10. What does Patton say about his stomach?
(a) It tells him that Kingsley's no murderer.
(b) His belly keeps growing and growing from sitting behind a desk.
(c) It's been growling all morning, waiting for Degarmo and Marlowe.
(d) His big belly makes a nice target.

11. Where do Andy and Degarmo confront each other?
(a) On the boat dock.
(b) At Andy's car.
(c) On the dam across the lake.
(d) At the door of the cabin.

12. What choice does Marlowe give the woman he meets at the Peacock Lounge?
(a) She must talk with either him or the cops.
(b) She must either talk with her husband or get no money.
(c) She must either come with him, or he'll take her by force.
(d) She must either give herself up, or he'll turn her in.

13. Why does Cooney want to beat up Marlowe, after Dobbs tells him to stop?
(a) Marlowe insulted him.
(b) Marlowe hit him in the face and made his nose bleed.
(c) Marlowe hit him in his sore knee, where he'd once been shot.
(d) Marlowe spit at him.

14. What is Degarmo's status with the police at the time of the murder Marlowe is framed for?
(a) He has been demoted.
(b) He is suspended.
(c) He is confined to desk duty.
(d) He is under an official behavioral warning.

15. What does Patton say he would have done, if he'd thought of the idea that the body in the lake might have been Crystal Kingsley instead of Muriel Chess?
(a) Thrown the idea out as too far-fetched.
(b) Gone to the Los Angeles police.
(c) Found a way to identify the body positively.
(d) Tracked down the woman going under the name of Crystal Kingsley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlowe do with his gun when he's stopped by the police?

2. Who breaks the news to Kingsley that his wife is dead?

3. Does Marlowe think Mrs. Almore was alive when she was brought to the garage?

4. When Marlowe awakes, what does the picture he sees portray?

5. What does the woman at the bungalow in Westmore Street assume Marlowe is there for?

(see the answer keys)

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