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

2. What is inside the car?
(a) Drugs
(b) A cat
(c) A dead body
(d) Weapons

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

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

5. Where does Ohls say one of the Sternwood's cars is located?
(a) Outside a famous gangster haunt
(b) In New York
(c) Outside a police station
(d) Off Lido pier

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters Geiger's house at the end of the chapter?

2. What book does Marlowe ask the woman for?

3. Who walks up the drive while Marlowe is on the phone?

4. Where does Marlowe discover tracks?

5. Where does Eddie find a patch of blood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brody admit to Marlowe in chapter 16?

2. How does Mars react to the fact that there maybe a gray Plymouth on Marlowe's tail?

3. What does Marlowe see inside the house?

4. What more clues does Marlowe find at Geiger's house?

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

6. What suggestion are there that Geiger's store maybe a smut shop?

7. What is Vivian's alibi?

8. Describe what happens at the abandoned oil well in chapter 3.

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

10. What does Brody need to run Geiger's business successfully?

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