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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which policeman does Marlowe give his account of what happened to Marriott in Chapter 12?
(a) Chief Wax.
(b) Sergeant Galbraith.
(c) Lieutenant Randall.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

2. Why does Marlowe think Mrs. Grayle must have married Mr. Grayle for his money?
(a) Mr. Grayle has a very unpleasant personality.
(b) Mrs. Grayle has innumerable jewels and furs.
(c) Mrs. Grayle is beautiful, and Mr. Grayle is ugly.
(d) Mr. Grayle is a lot older than his beautiful wife.

3. Who is the former owner of radio station KDFK in Beverly Hills?
(a) Laird Brunette.
(b) Lindsay Marriott.
(c) Mrs. Grayle.
(d) Mr. Grayle.

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

5. Who is parked outside the gate waiting for Marlowe when he leaves the Grayle estate at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Jessie Florian.
(b) Lieutenant Nulty.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Anne Riordan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie Florian say has happened to Velma?

2. What does Mrs. Grayle tell Marlowe the robbers returned to her the night of her robbery?

3. Who finds Lindsay Marriott's dead body in Chapter 10?

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

5. Which of the following statements does not describe Lindsay Marriott?

(see the answer key)

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