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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason has Marlowe been fired from a job in the past?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Perpetual tardiness.
(c) Poor job performance.
(d) Insubordination.

2. After Malloy flees the murder scene, who phones the police to report the murder Malloy has just committed?
(a) A waitress named Vivian.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) The night club's bouncer.
(d) Mr. Montgomery, the night club's manager.

3. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?
(a) Finding where they were bought will lead to the killer.
(b) They contain the murderer's fingerprints.
(c) They contain the murderer's DNA.
(d) They're marijuana rather than tobacco.

4. According to Lieutenant Nulty in Chapter 7, who has been to visit Jessie Florian after Marlowe's visit to her?
(a) Velma's sister.
(b) Velma Valento.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Nulty himself.

5. How long has Malloy been in prison?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Moose Malloy kill at Florian's?

2. What is the one new piece of furniture in Jessie Florian's home?

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

4. What is Philip Marlowe's profession?

5. Where does Anne Riordan want Marlowe to go for a drink at the end of Chapter 11?

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