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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who chokes Marlowe in Chapter 22?
(a) Jules Amthor.
(b) Second Planting.
(c) Mrs. Amthor.
(d) Moose Malloy.

2. What is the source of the Riordan family money?
(a) Wise investments.
(b) A family restaurant that is very popular and prosperous.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Oil.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, why does Lindsay Marriott phone Marlowe?
(a) He wants to hire Marlowe for a job.
(b) He wants to invite Marlowe to dinner.
(c) He tells Marlowe he knows where Velma and Malloy are.
(d) He warns Marlowe to stop asking questions about Velma.

4. Marlowe thinks the men escorting him out of Amthor's house are______________.
(a) Moose Malloy's buddies.
(b) Bay City policemen.
(c) Mobsters.
(d) Amthor's security guards.

5. What does Jessie Florian try to hide from Marlowe in Chapter 5 until Marlowe pulls it out of the trunk in her bedroom?
(a) A photo of a woman Marlowe believes is Velma Valento.
(b) A letter revealing who framed Malloy for the bank robbery.
(c) The gun Malloy used to shoot Mr. Montgomery.
(d) A letter with Velma's current address on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, whom does Moose Malloy demand to see at Florian's?

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

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

4. When Mrs. Morrison describes a recent male visitor to Jessie Florian's home, Marlowe thinks the visitor is ___________.

5. What does Jessie Florian say has happened to Velma?

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