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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lieutenant Nulty bitter?
(a) He can't get a pay raise.
(b) His wife has just left him.
(c) He can't get a promotion.
(d) The department only gives him low-priority cases to solve.

2. Which of the following is not something that Lieutenant Randall and Marlowe find in Jessie Florian's house in Chapter 30?
(a) Nine empty gin bottles.
(b) A terrible smell.
(c) A bucket of mop water and a mop.
(d) Flies buzzing against the kitchen windows.

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

4. What shape is the room into which Mrs. Amthor conducts Marlowe in Chapter 21?
(a) Octagonal.
(b) Circular.
(c) Triangular.
(d) Rectangular.

5. Where does Marlowe find a gun in Chapter 27?
(a) One of Dr. Sonderborg's drawers.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) In Mrs. Amthor's purse.
(d) On a bookcase shelf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which police officer does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to use as muscle?

2. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?

3. Who is the beak-nosed man who questions Marlowe about Red in Chapter 35?

4. Which of the following statements does not describe Red?

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

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