View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Randall accuse Marlowe of stealing?
(a) Mrs. Grayle's jade necklace.
(b) Jules Amthor's crystal ball.
(c) Lindsay Marriott's three Russian cigarettes.
(d) Lindsay Marriott's eight thousand dollars.

2. 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) Bald with thick black spectacles.
(d) In perpetual need of a shave.

3. How does Marlowe like his coffee?
(a) With sugar and cream.
(b) With sugar only.
(c) Black.
(d) With cream only.

4. At the end of Chapter 28, where does Anne suggest that Marlowe get some sleep?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) In her apartment.
(d) At his apartment.

5. Whose office does Marlowe walk into at the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) Mr. Grayle's.
(b) Dr. Sonderborg's.
(c) Moose Malloy's.
(d) Jules Amthor's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, why does Lindsay Marriott phone Marlowe?

3. What is on the white table in the middle of the room into which Mrs. Amthor conducts Marlowe in Chapter 21?

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

5. Why is Lieutenant Nulty bitter?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 325 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample