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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What voice does Marlowe hear at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) His own as he regains consciousness.
(b) Mrs. Grayle's.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty's.
(d) Marriott's.

2. What does Jessie Florian say her relationship is to Lindsay Marriott?
(a) She is his girlfriend.
(b) She is his stepsister.
(c) She is his former employee and used to work for his family.
(d) She is his ex-wife.

3. What does Mrs. Grayle tell Marlowe the robbers returned to her the night of her robbery?
(a) Her ruby pendant.
(b) Her diamond bracelet.
(c) Her stolen purse.
(d) One of the rings they had just stolen from her.

4. What does Marlowe notice about the person waiting for him upon his return to his office in Chapter 20?
(a) The person's bloody face.
(b) The revolver in the person's hand.
(c) The person's black eye.
(d) The person's bad smell.

5. Who phones Marlowe at the end of Chapter 17 asking him to come to the Grayle mansion within an hour?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) The Grayle butler.
(c) Anne Riordan.
(d) Lieutant Randall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Grayle interrupt Marlowe and Mrs. Grayle doing in Chapter 18?

2. What word does Jessie Florian use when she refers to a policeman?

3. Who employs the person waiting for Marlowe upon his return to his office in Chapter 20?

4. Which police officer does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to use as muscle?

5. In Chapter 31, what kind of insect does Marlowe see crawling across Lieutenant Randall's desk?

(see the answer key)

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