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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Stoyanoffsky?
(a) A man the police mistake for Moose Malloy and arrest in error.
(b) Jessie Florian's neighbor.
(c) Marlowe's landlord.
(d) A policeman investigating the Marriott murder.

3. In Chapter 11, where does Marlowe find three mysterious Russian cigarettes?
(a) In Marriott's pockets.
(b) In Marriott's car.
(c) In his own coat pocket.
(d) In his office.

4. As the novel opens, who is Marlowe trying to find?
(a) A missing barber named Dimitrios Aleidis.
(b) A missing schoolteacher named Leigh Jordan.
(c) His secretary, Cassandra.
(d) His bookie, Louis.

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

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

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

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

9. What fee does Marlowe demand for accepting the job Lindsay Marriott offers him?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred dollars.

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

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

12. Why is Lieutenant Nulty bitter?
(a) He can't get a pay raise.
(b) The department only gives him low-priority cases to solve.
(c) His wife has just left him.
(d) He can't get a promotion.

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

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

15. What does Jessie Florian say has happened to Velma?
(a) She says Velma's married.
(b) She says Velma is in the hospital with tuberculosis.
(c) She says Velma's dead.
(d) She says Velma is in a mental institution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Malloy do to the bouncer at Florian's in Chapter 2?

2. What does Anne Riordan do for a living?

3. Why does Marlowe always leave the door of the little reception room leading into his office unlocked?

4. What does Marlowe do once he and Marriott reach the place where they are to meet the thieves?

5. Why does Marlowe think Malloy will be easy for the police to find?

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