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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marlowe get into Jessie Florian's house at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) He lets himself into the unlocked house.
(b) He breaks in through an open window.
(c) Moose Malloy lets him into the house.
(d) Mrs. Morrison lets him in with a spare key.

2. Who is Sergeant Galbraith?
(a) An army officer who knows Moose Malloy.
(b) The Bay City cop who commits Marlowe to the sanitarium.
(c) Jules Amthor's brother.
(d) A cop investigating Jessie Florian's murder.

3. What color hair does Velma have according to Malloy?
(a) Black.
(b) Brunette.
(c) Red.
(d) Platinum blonde.

4. Who does Marlowe see lounging on a bed and reading the newspaper in one of the other rooms as he makes his way down the hall at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) Moose Malloy.
(b) Jessie Florian.
(c) Chief Wax.
(d) Jules Amthor.

5. Why does Marlowe always leave the door of the little reception room leading into his office unlocked?
(a) The door's lock is broken, and he can't afford to get it fixed.
(b) In case he gets a client and the client wants to wait for him.
(c) He lets a homeless man sleep there.
(d) He forgets his key a lot, so he leaves the door unlocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Lindsay Marriott's dead body in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 11, where does Marlowe find three mysterious Russian cigarettes?

3. Why is Lieutenant Nulty bitter?

4. Where does Marlowe find Anne Riordan at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. At the end of Chapter 28, to where does Marlowe ask Anne to drive him?

(see the answer key)

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