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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 kind of car does Brody say he saw outside of Geiger's house?
(a) A Stationwagon
(b) A Buick
(c) A Mercedes
(d) A Volkswagon

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

3. What kind of car pulls into Geiger's driveway?
(a) A Packard
(b) A Volkswagon
(c) A Bentley
(d) A Chevette

4. What is the name of the lead investigator for the District Attorney?
(a) Johnny Bowgot
(b) Jackie Sernbody
(c) Bernie Ohls
(d) Gerdie Davis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the woman demand for the negative?

2. What does the butler offer to do for Marlowe?

3. What is Geiger's dead body surrounded by?

4. How many men does Eddie have in his car?

5. What city is Marlowe from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marlowe think that Rusty disappeared?

2. What does Marlowe discover from the dead body?

3. Why is the Sternwood's butler happy in chapter 21?

4. How does Marlowe show his intelligence in chapter 20?

5. What does Marlowe hear when he eavesdrops on the conversation in chapter 26?

6. Describe the fight that takes place in chapter 15?

7. What is Vivian's alibi?

8. How does Marlowe make the woman in Geiger's store nervous?

9. What new light is shed on Carmen's character in chapter 15?

10. What points to the fact that Marlowe has no money?

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