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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlowe prefer to do rather than go with Anne Riordan at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Search for Marlowe's killers.
(b) Go to the doctor for his head injury.
(c) Go by himself to the police station.
(d) Go home to sleep.

2. When Mrs. Morrison describes a recent male visitor to Jessie Florian's home, Marlowe thinks the visitor is ___________.
(a) Laird Burnett.
(b) Lieutenant Nulty.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Lindsay Marriott.

3. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?
(a) They're marijuana rather than tobacco.
(b) They contain the murderer's DNA.
(c) They contain the murderer's fingerprints.
(d) Finding where they were bought will lead to the killer.

4. Who is Giddy Gertie?
(a) Moose Malloy's new girlfriend.
(b) The society editor of The Chronicle.
(c) Jessie Florian's neighbor.
(d) Lindsay Marriott's ex-wife.

5. Where does Marlowe find Jessie Florian at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) In her garden, weeding tomatoes and carrots.
(b) In her bed, passed out after drinking too much gin.
(c) At Mrs. Morrison's house.
(d) On her front porch in a rocker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Velma have according to Malloy?

2. Why does Marlowe think Mrs. Grayle must have married Mr. Grayle for his money?

3. Who does Jessie Florian claim has died of a chest cold in Dalhart, Texas?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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