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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Marlowe at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) At the airport.
(b) Lying on the ground.
(c) On Mrs. Grayle's sofa.
(d) In jail.

4. Where does Lindsay Marriott hide when Marlowe drives him to meet the thieves?
(a) In a closet.
(b) In the back seat of the car.
(c) In the trunk of the car.
(d) Behind some rose bushes outside the meeting place.

5. What object does a woman point at Marlowe's stomach at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) A gun.
(b) A syringe filled with poison.
(c) An antique sword.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlowe find hidden in the mouthpieces of Lindsay Marriott's Russian cigarettes?

2. What does Anne Riordan do for a living?

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

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

5. What voice does Marlowe hear at the beginning of Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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