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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Jules Amthor, who is stupid?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) Lindsay Marriott.
(c) Second Planting.
(d) Marlowe.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe Mrs. Jules Amthor?
(a) Dry and dark hands.
(b) Thin and blonde.
(c) Sleek coiled hair.
(d) A dark, thin wasted Asiatic face.

4. What does Marlowe do once he and Marriott reach the place where they are to meet the thieves?
(a) He loads his gun with bullets for protection.
(b) He sets up a tape recorder to record the meeting.
(c) He leaves Marriott in the car to go on foot to investigate.
(d) He hides behind a tree to observe the thieves.

5. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees as he approaches Jessie Florian's home?
(a) A dried-out brown house with a dried-out brown lawn.
(b) A neatly painted white picket fence and white house.
(c) Last year's unpruned poinsettias against the cracked wall.
(d) A line of yellowish half-washed clothes on a rusty wire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who chokes Marlowe in Chapter 22?

2. By whom does Marlowe tell Jessie Florian he has been hired to find Little Velma?

3. Who does Marlowe find waiting for him upon returning to his office in Chapter 20?

4. What does Marlowe prefer to do rather than go with Anne Riordan at the end of Chapter 11?

5. From what job has Anne Riordan's father been fired?

(see the answer key)

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