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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe Moose Malloy?
(a) Wearing a grey sports coat with white golf ball buttons.
(b) Six foot five inches tall and not wider than a beer truck.
(c) In perpetual need of a shave.
(d) Bald with thick black spectacles.

2. What rests atop Lindsay Marriott's piano?
(a) A silver vase on a strip of peach-colored velvet.
(b) A white porcelain cat.
(c) A framed photo of Marriott.
(d) A crystal bowl filled with potpourri.

3. What nickname does Marlowe give the big man escorting him out of Amthor's house?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Thor.
(d) Gorilla.

4. Which of the following is not something that Marlowe discovers is missing at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) The car, which has been moved to a new location.
(b) His watch.
(c) The money from his inside coat pocket.
(d) Lindsay Marriott.

5. Who is the former owner of radio station KDFK in Beverly Hills?
(a) Lindsay Marriott.
(b) Mrs. Grayle.
(c) Laird Brunette.
(d) Mr. Grayle.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Jules Amthor say he has treated Mrs. Grayle?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees as he approaches Jessie Florian's home?

3. What does Mrs. Morrison say that Jessie Florian receives at the first of every month?

4. After Malloy flees the murder scene, who phones the police to report the murder Malloy has just committed?

5. What do the men escorting Marlowe out of Jules Amthor's house at the beginning of Chapter 24 say Amthor accuses Marlowe of trying to do to him?

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