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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 statements does not describe Lindsay Marriott?
(a) Wearing a white flannet suit and violet satin scarf.
(b) A fat man with curly hair.
(c) Wearing a cornflower in the lapel of his coat.
(d) A tall blond man.

2. What fee does Marlowe demand for accepting the job Lindsay Marriott offers him?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

3. Which of the following statements does not describe the place in which Marlowe finds himself at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Marlowe is locked in his room.
(b) There are bars on the windows.
(c) It's painted gray and blue.
(d) The attendants wear white coats and mention strait-jackets.

4. What happens to Marlowe at the end of Chapter 9 once he tells Marriott it looks like the thieves aren't coming?
(a) He is bitten by a poisonous snake.
(b) He trips and sprains his ankle.
(c) He is attacked by a doberman.
(d) Someone ambushes him from behind and knocks him out.

5. Who finds Lindsay Marriott's dead body in Chapter 10?
(a) Lieutenant Nulty.
(b) Lieutenant Randall.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Anne Riordan.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Mr. Grayle interrupt Marlowe and Mrs. Grayle doing in Chapter 18?

4. When Marlowe begins to hallucinate in Chapter 25, what does he realize?

5. Where does Marlowe initially tell Lieutenant Randall he has been while Randall has been searching for him?

(see the answer key)

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