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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. What does Jessie Florian say has happened to Velma?
(a) She says Velma's dead.
(b) She says Velma's married.
(c) She says Velma is in the hospital with tuberculosis.
(d) She says Velma is in a mental institution.

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

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

4. Whom does Moose Malloy kill at Florian's?
(a) A man flirting with Little Velma.
(b) The night club's bouncer.
(c) Mr. Montgomery, the night club's manager.
(d) A policeman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the envelope that Jessie Florian gives Marlowe in Chapter 5?

2. How much money do the thieves want as ransom for the stolen item?

3. Which of the following is not something that Marlowe discovers is missing at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 4, who tells Marlowe that Mike Florian's widow Jessie is still alive?

5. After Malloy flees the murder scene, who phones the police to report the murder Malloy has just committed?

(see the answer key)

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