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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) Red.
(d) Platinum blonde.

2. What color is Anne Riordan's hair?
(a) Brunette.
(b) Platinum blonde.
(c) Gray.
(d) Auburn.

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

4. The thieves order Lindsay Marriott and his lady friend not to tell _________________about the theft.
(a) The police or the woman's insurance company.
(b) The woman's jeweler.
(c) The woman's attorney.
(d) The woman's wealthy husband.

5. What happens to Marlowe at the end of Chapter 9 once he tells Marriott it looks like the thieves aren't coming?
(a) He trips and sprains his ankle.
(b) Someone ambushes him from behind and knocks him out.
(c) He is attacked by a doberman.
(d) He is bitten by a poisonous snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lieutenant Nulty in Chapter 7, who has been to visit Jessie Florian after Marlowe's visit to her?

2. For whom is Moose Malloy searching in Chapter 1?

3. At the end of Chapter 12, who tells Marlowe to leave Marriott's murder investigation to the police?

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

5. To which policeman does Marlowe give his account of what happened to Marriott in Chapter 12?

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