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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How long has Malloy been in prison?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Ten years.

3. What does Mrs. Morrison say that Jessie Florian receives at the first of every month?
(a) A bouquet of roses.
(b) A telephone call from Moose Malloy.
(c) A male visitor.
(d) A registered letter.

4. Who is parked outside the gate waiting for Marlowe when he leaves the Grayle estate at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Anne Riordan.
(b) Moose Malloy.
(c) Jessie Florian.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

5. Anne Riordan tells Marlowe that the owner of the stolen jade necklace is ______________.
(a) Jules Amthor.
(b) Jessie Florian.
(c) Anne Riordan.
(d) Mrs. Grayle.

6. Where does Lindsay Marriott hide when Marlowe drives him to meet the thieves?
(a) In the back seat of the car.
(b) In the trunk of the car.
(c) In a closet.
(d) Behind some rose bushes outside the meeting place.

7. What does Anne Riordan do for a living?
(a) She is a kindergarten teacher.
(b) She's an opera singer.
(c) She's a paleontologist.
(d) She writes feature articles.

8. 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 with Velma's current address on it.
(b) A photo of a woman Marlowe believes is Velma Valento.
(c) A letter revealing who framed Malloy for the bank robbery.
(d) The gun Malloy used to shoot Mr. Montgomery.

9. In the photo that Marlowe gives Lieutenant of Little Velma, what kind of costume is Velma wearing?
(a) A wicked witch costume.
(b) An angel costume.
(c) A ballerina costume.
(d) A clown costume.

10. From what job has Anne Riordan's father been fired?
(a) Chief of the Bay City police.
(b) Butler at the Grayle mansion.
(c) Editor of The Chronicle.
(d) Manager of the local bank.

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

12. Which of the following items is not in Marlowe's office?
(a) A shabby rust-red rug.
(b) Dirty net curtains.
(c) Half-dusted furniture.
(d) An expensive and well-polished mahogany desk.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who took the Russian cigarettes with the paper mouthpieces from Lindsay Marriott's dead body?

4. Whom does Moose Malloy toss out of Florian's in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 5, what beverage does Marlowe share with Jessie Florian to loosen her tongue and win her confidence?

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