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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 does Lieutenant Randall find when he goes to Dr. Sonderborg's house in Chapter 31?
(a) The house is locked up and empty, and the doctor is gone.
(b) A cache of drugs and guns.
(c) Mrs. Grayle's stolen jade necklace.
(d) Moose Malloy's corpse.

2. At the end of Chapter 12, who tells Marlowe to leave Marriott's murder investigation to the police?
(a) Anne Riordan.
(b) Chief Wax.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty.
(d) Lieutenant Randall.

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

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

5. Which of the following people does not meet Marlowe at the Grayle mansion in Chapter 18?
(a) Anne Riordan.
(b) Lieutenant Randall.
(c) Mr. Grayle.
(d) Mrs. Grayle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marlowe at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. In the photo that Marlowe gives Lieutenant of Little Velma, what kind of costume is Velma wearing?

3. Who pulls a small revolver on Marlowe in Chapter 17?

4. In Chapter 20, how much does Marlowe tell his visitor that it will cost for Marlowe to accompany the person to his employer's home?

5. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?

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