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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Vivian think Marlowe is looking for?
(a) Rusty Regan
(b) Her mother
(c) Carmen Sternwood
(d) Owen Regan

2. Where does Marlowe find Geiger's dead body?
(a) The kitchen
(b) A bedroom
(c) The dining room
(d) The drawing room

3. Who does Carmen say killed Geiger?
(a) Rusty Regan
(b) Joe Brody
(c) Vivian
(d) Owen Taylor

4. What sound comes from Geiger's house?
(a) A gunshot
(b) A shout
(c) A scream
(d) A dog's bark

5. What does Carmen demand from Brody?
(a) His gun
(b) Money
(c) Her pictures
(d) His hand in marriage

6. What does the man hide behind in this chapter?
(a) A car
(b) A tree
(c) A shed
(d) A house

7. What does the General ask Marlowe to take off?
(a) His hat
(b) His trousers
(c) His gun holster
(d) His coat

8. Where does Marlowe wait for Geiger?
(a) In his car
(b) In the shop
(c) In a restaurant
(d) In a bar

9. What is the only thing that Carmen is wearing?
(a) A hat
(b) Earrings
(c) A bra
(d) Shoes

10. What is gone from Geiger's house?
(a) Geiger's body
(b) The totem pole
(c) The camera
(d) The blue leather book

11. Where does the truck go to?
(a) A boathouse
(b) A seaside resort
(c) An apartment house
(d) A ferry port

12. Who does Marlowe say would have no problem killing Brody?
(a) Eddie Mars
(b) Himself
(c) Carmen
(d) Rusty Regan

13. Which character has run off with Eddie Mars' wife?
(a) Jack Mars
(b) Eddie Taylor
(c) Rusty Regan
(d) Owen Taylor

14. Which character is dead?
(a) Carmen
(b) Marlowe
(c) Geiger
(d) Vivian

15. What does Brody have?
(a) Geiger's clothes
(b) Money
(c) Geiger's books
(d) Geiger's photos

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlowe tell Brody he can frame him for?

2. What kind of car do the Sternwood's own?

3. Who is really inside the car?

4. What does Marlowe accuse Eddie of protecting?

5. What was Vivian doing when Owen died?

(see the answer keys)

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