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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees as he approaches Jessie Florian's home?
(a) A dried-out brown house with a dried-out brown lawn.
(b) A neatly painted white picket fence and white house.
(c) Last year's unpruned poinsettias against the cracked wall.
(d) A line of yellowish half-washed clothes on a rusty wire.

2. What nickname does Marlowe give the big man escorting him out of Amthor's house?
(a) Gorilla.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Thor.
(d) Hercules.

3. Who took the Russian cigarettes with the paper mouthpieces from Lindsay Marriott's dead body?
(a) Lieutenant Randall.
(b) Anne Riordan.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty.
(d) Marlowe.

4. Why does Marlowe always leave the door of the little reception room leading into his office unlocked?
(a) He lets a homeless man sleep there.
(b) The door's lock is broken, and he can't afford to get it fixed.
(c) In case he gets a client and the client wants to wait for him.
(d) He forgets his key a lot, so he leaves the door unlocked.

5. Which of the following does Marlowe not reveal to the police about Anne Riordan at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) He flagged down her car, and she picked him up.
(b) Her name.
(c) She was driving alone on the highway.
(d) She was driving a chevvy coupe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does a woman point at Marlowe's stomach at the end of Chapter 10?

2. From what job has Anne Riordan's father been fired?

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Jules Amthor?

4. The thieves order Lindsay Marriott and his lady friend not to tell _________________about the theft.

5. Who is Giddy Gertie?

(see the answer key)

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