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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Mike Florian been dead at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) A month.
(d) Five years.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 15, whose office does Marlowe phone for an appointment?
(a) Jules Amthor's.
(b) Mr. Grayle's.
(c) Anne Riordan's.
(d) Lieutenant Randall's.

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

4. What does Anne Riordan suspect about the three mysterious Russian cigarettes?
(a) Finding where they were bought will lead to the killer.
(b) They're marijuana rather than tobacco.
(c) They contain the murderer's DNA.
(d) They contain the murderer's fingerprints.

5. What does Mrs. Grayle tell Marlowe the robbers returned to her the night of her robbery?
(a) One of the rings they had just stolen from her.
(b) Her ruby pendant.
(c) Her diamond bracelet.
(d) Her stolen purse.

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

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

8. By whom does Marlowe tell Jessie Florian he has been hired to find Little Velma?
(a) Velma's attorney.
(b) Moose Malloy.
(c) The police.
(d) Velma's family.

9. Who pulls a small revolver on Marlowe in Chapter 17?
(a) Jessie Florian.
(b) Anne Riordan.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Mrs. Morrison.

10. In what office did Marlowe once work?
(a) The police chief's office.
(b) The governor's office.
(c) The District Attorney's office.
(d) The IRS office.

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

12. At the end of Chapter 18, where do Marlowe and Mrs. Grayle agree to meet at ten o'clock that night?
(a) The Hotel Sans Souci.
(b) The Belevedere Club.
(c) Florian's.
(d) Marlowe's office.

13. For what crime was Malloy falsely accused and sent to prison?
(a) Driving while intoxicated.
(b) Robbing a bank.
(c) Murder.
(d) Embezzlement.

14. What object does a woman point at Marlowe's stomach at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) A syringe filled with poison.
(b) A gun.
(c) An antique sword.
(d) A knife.

15. What does Marlowe prefer to do rather than go with Anne Riordan at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Go by himself to the police station.
(b) Search for Marlowe's killers.
(c) Go to the doctor for his head injury.
(d) Go home to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries a trust deed on Jessie Florian's home at 1644 West 54th Place?

2. At the end of Chapter 12, who tells Marlowe to leave Marriott's murder investigation to the police?

3. Who is Moose Malloy, the man Marlowe meets outside Florian's night club?

4. What does Anne Riordan do for a living?

5. Which of the following items is not in Marlowe's office?

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