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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Grayle interrupt Marlowe and Mrs. Grayle doing in Chapter 18?
(a) Loading bullets into Mrs. Grayle's gun.
(b) Kissing each other.
(c) Phoning Lieutenant Randall about the Marriott murder.
(d) Talking with Anne Riordan about Lindsay Marriott.

2. How does Marlowe like his coffee?
(a) Black.
(b) With cream only.
(c) With sugar only.
(d) With sugar and cream.

3. Who is the Bay City Chief of Detectives?
(a) Lieutenant Randall.
(b) Lieutenant Nulty.
(c) Sergeant Galbraith.
(d) Captain Blane.

4. How much does Marlowe's dinner at the end of Chapter 34 cost?
(a) Eighty-five cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) A dollar and ten cents.

5. How much money do the thieves want as ransom for the stolen item?
(a) Eighty thousand dollars.
(b) Ten thousand dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) Eight thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marlowe wearing when he comes to at the beginning of Chapter 25?

2. What does Marlowe suggest that Jules Amthor get Second Planting to do?

3. Who chokes Marlowe in Chapter 22?

4. Who phones Marlowe at the end of Chapter 17 asking him to come to the Grayle mansion within an hour?

5. Who tries to talk Marlowe into returning to his room in Chapter 27?

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