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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Moose Malloy toss out of Florian's in Chapter 1?
(a) The night club's owner.
(b) A policeman trying to arrest him.
(c) Philip Marlowe.
(d) A night club patron.

2. For what crime was Malloy falsely accused and sent to prison?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Driving while intoxicated.
(c) Murder.
(d) Robbing a bank.

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

4. Who is Moose Malloy, the man Marlowe meets outside Florian's night club?
(a) A police captain.
(b) A recently released convict.
(c) A professional basketball player.
(d) A criminal defense attorney.

5. Who has taken over the ownership and patronage of Florian's since Malloy's last visit there?
(a) An Irish gang.
(b) African Americans.
(c) An Italian gang.
(d) Malloy's ex-wife and her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Stoyanoffsky?

2. What color is Anne Riordan's hair?

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

4. How long has Malloy been in prison?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 15, whose office does Marlowe phone for an appointment?

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