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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who tells Marlowe that Mike Florian's widow Jessie is still alive?
(a) Florian's bouncer.
(b) Moose Malloy.
(c) The front desk clerk at the Hotel Sans Souci.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

2. What color is Anne Riordan's hair?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brunette.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Platinum blonde.

3. What word does Jessie Florian use when she refers to a policeman?
(a) Officer.
(b) Patrolman.
(c) Flatfoot.
(d) Copper.

4. Who is Moose Malloy, the man Marlowe meets outside Florian's night club?
(a) A criminal defense attorney.
(b) A recently released convict.
(c) A police captain.
(d) A professional basketball player.

5. What voice does Marlowe hear at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Lieutenant Nulty's.
(b) Marriott's.
(c) His own as he regains consciousness.
(d) Mrs. Grayle's.

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

7. According to Lieutenant Nulty in Chapter 7, who has been to visit Jessie Florian after Marlowe's visit to her?
(a) Nulty himself.
(b) Velma Valento.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Velma's sister.

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

9. 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.

10. What does Malloy do to the bouncer at Florian's in Chapter 2?
(a) He fires the bouncer.
(b) He knocks the man out.
(c) He gives the bouncer a counterfeit twenty dollar bill.
(d) He gives the bouncer a very small tip.

11. What does Mr. Grayle interrupt Marlowe and Mrs. Grayle doing in Chapter 18?
(a) Phoning Lieutenant Randall about the Marriott murder.
(b) Kissing each other.
(c) Loading bullets into Mrs. Grayle's gun.
(d) Talking with Anne Riordan about Lindsay Marriott.

12. To what place do Marlowe and Marriott go to meet the thieves in Chapter 9?
(a) Santa Monica Boulevard.
(b) Mrs. Grayle's mansion.
(c) Purissima Canyon.
(d) Florian's.

13. What does Jessie Florian say her relationship is to Lindsay Marriott?
(a) She is his girlfriend.
(b) She is his former employee and used to work for his family.
(c) She is his stepsister.
(d) She is his ex-wife.

14. Where does Marlowe find Jessie Florian at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) On her front porch in a rocker.
(b) In her bed, passed out after drinking too much gin.
(c) At Mrs. Morrison's house.
(d) In her garden, weeding tomatoes and carrots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what office did Marlowe once work?

2. How long has Mike Florian been dead at the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. Which of the following is not something that Marlowe discovers is missing at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. Who employs the person waiting for Marlowe upon his return to his office in Chapter 20?

5. To which policeman does Marlowe give his account of what happened to Marriott in Chapter 12?

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