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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 color hair does Velma have according to Malloy?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Black.
(c) Platinum blonde.
(d) Red.

2. Who finds Lindsay Marriott's dead body in Chapter 10?
(a) Lieutenant Randall.
(b) Lieutenant Nulty.
(c) Anne Riordan.
(d) Marlowe.

3. 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) She was driving alone on the highway.
(c) Her name.
(d) She was driving a chevvy coupe.

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) Moose Malloy.
(c) Velma Valento.
(d) Nulty himself.

5. What does Marlowe prefer to do rather than go with Anne Riordan at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Search for Marlowe's killers.
(b) Go home to sleep.
(c) Go by himself to the police station.
(d) Go to the doctor for his head injury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Moose Malloy toss out of Florian's in Chapter 1?

2. What does Malloy do to the bouncer at Florian's in Chapter 2?

3. What does Marlowe do once he and Marriott reach the place where they are to meet the thieves?

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

5. What is Philip Marlowe's profession?

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