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

2. What name does Marlowe give the woman he meets in Lavery's house?
(a) Paulo Nuncio.
(b) Phillip Marlowe.
(c) Philo Vance.
(d) Perry Martin.

3. Where does the black Cadillac coupe come from that drives by Marlowe, as he is knocking at Lavery's door?
(a) The house across the street from Lavery's.
(b) The cross-street to the north.
(c) The house next to Lavery's.
(d) The cross-street to the south.

4. What icon does Marlowe have on the business card that he doesn't give to Adrienne Fromsett?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A tommy gun.
(c) A large eye.
(d) A fingerprint.

5. Why did Lavery think about marrying Crystal Kingsley?
(a) Because she has wild ideas.
(b) Because she has brains.
(c) Because she has money.
(d) Because she has beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlowe tell Birdie?

2. When Marlowe gets home, what does he dream about?

3. What is Lavery's first reaction when Marlowe says he's working for Kingsley?

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

5. What does Marlowe ask about that makes Bill Chess get defensive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marlowe treat the bellhop captain?

2. What gives Marlowe a scare while he is searching the Chesses' cabin?

3. How does Marlowe know the name of the person who lives across the street from Lavery?

4. How does Kingsley act, when Marlowe first meets him?

5. How does Kingsley react to news of Muriel's death?

6. How does Bill Chess respond when Marlowe asks if Muriel and Crystal might have gone away together?

7. At the end of chapter fourteen, what does Marlowe tell Kingsley is his next step?

8. What reasons does Marlowe give that Lavery might be lying?

9. What does Lavery look like?

10. Under what terms does Marlowe accept the offer of five hundred dollars from Kingsley?

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