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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following does not describe Moose Malloy?
(a) Six foot five inches tall and not wider than a beer truck.
(b) In perpetual need of a shave.
(c) Bald with thick black spectacles.
(d) Wearing a grey sports coat with white golf ball buttons.

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

5. In Chapter 20, how much does Marlowe tell his visitor that it will cost for Marlowe to accompany the person to his employer's home?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

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

7. What does Jessie Florian try to hide from Marlowe in Chapter 5 until Marlowe pulls it out of the trunk in her bedroom?
(a) A letter revealing who framed Malloy for the bank robbery.
(b) The gun Malloy used to shoot Mr. Montgomery.
(c) A photo of a woman Marlowe believes is Velma Valento.
(d) A letter with Velma's current address on it.

8. The thieves order Lindsay Marriott and his lady friend not to tell _________________about the theft.
(a) The woman's wealthy husband.
(b) The woman's jeweler.
(c) The woman's attorney.
(d) The police or the woman's insurance company.

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

10. In Chapter 2, whom does Moose Malloy demand to see at Florian's?
(a) A piano player named Dave.
(b) A waiter named Ernest.
(c) A singer named Louise.
(d) Mr. Montgomery, the night club's manager.

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

12. Where does Anne Riordan want Marlowe to go for a drink at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Her house.
(b) Florian's.
(c) Mrs. Grayle's house.
(d) A bar named Escondido's.

13. Who phones Marlowe at the end of Chapter 17 asking him to come to the Grayle mansion within an hour?
(a) The Grayle butler.
(b) Anne Riordan.
(c) Mrs. Grayle.
(d) Lieutant Randall.

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

15. Where does Marlowe find Anne Riordan at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Waiting in his unlocked reception room for him.
(b) At the police station.
(c) At Florian's.
(d) Sitting inside his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Velma have according to Malloy?

2. How long has Malloy been in prison?

3. What happens to Marlowe at the end of Chapter 9 once he tells Marriott it looks like the thieves aren't coming?

4. Whom does Moose Malloy kill at Florian's?

5. As the novel opens, who is Marlowe trying to find?

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