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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the Belvedere Club?
(a) Mr. Grayle.
(b) Lindsay Marriott.
(c) Jules Amthor.
(d) Laird Burnette.

2. What color are the walls, ceiling, and rugs in the room into which Mrs. Amthor conducts Marlowe in Chapter 21?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. Which police officer does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to use as muscle?
(a) Lieutenant Randall.
(b) Sergeant Galbraith.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty.
(d) Captain Blane.

4. What does Lieutenant Randall accuse Marlowe of stealing?
(a) Lindsay Marriott's three Russian cigarettes.
(b) Mrs. Grayle's jade necklace.
(c) Jules Amthor's crystal ball.
(d) Lindsay Marriott's eight thousand dollars.

5. What evidence confirms Marlowe's suspicions about why he is hallucinating?
(a) He finds an empty whiskey bottle in his room.
(b) His head aches, and there's a big knot on his forehead.
(c) There are needle marks on his arm.
(d) He has had a similar nervous breakdown before.

6. At the end of Chapter 21, what happens after Marlowe says he thinks Amthor and Marriott worked together to blackmail women?
(a) The lights go out, and Marlowe is attacked in the dark.
(b) Amthor laughs and admits Marlowe is right.
(c) Amthor says Second Planting is the real blackmailer.
(d) Mrs. Amthor appears with a gun in her hand.

7. Whose appendix bursts in Chapter 33?
(a) Moose Malloy's.
(b) Anne Riordan's.
(c) Captain Blane's.
(d) Marlowe's.

8. Who shoots Moose Malloy in Chapter 39?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) Jules Amthor.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

9. How does Marlowe find Moose Malloy at the beginning of Chapter 39?
(a) Mrs. Morrison brings Moose to Marlowe.
(b) Marlowe spots Moose gambling on Laird Brunette's boat.
(c) Moose lets himself into Marlowe's apartment.
(d) Marlowe spots Moose at the bingo hall in Bay City.

10. How much does Marlowe's dinner at the end of Chapter 34 cost?
(a) One dollar.
(b) A dollar and ten cents.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Eighty-five cents.

11. In Chapter 32, with whom does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to get even?
(a) Moose Malloy.
(b) Jules Amthor.
(c) Mrs. Morrison.
(d) Lieutenant Randall.

12. Which of the following statements does not describe the place in which Marlowe finds himself at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) It's painted gray and blue.
(b) There are bars on the windows.
(c) Marlowe is locked in his room.
(d) The attendants wear white coats and mention strait-jackets.

13. Who does Marlowe punch in the nose at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) Second Planting.
(b) Jessie Florian.
(c) Jules Amthor.
(d) Mrs. Amthor.

14. According to Jules Amthor, who is stupid?
(a) Lindsay Marriott.
(b) Mrs. Grayle.
(c) Second Planting.
(d) Marlowe.

15. In Chapter 39, whom does Marlowe accuse of murdering Lindsay Marriott?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) Anne Riordan.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Mrs. Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marlowe find a gun in Chapter 27?

2. At the end of Chapter 28, where does Anne suggest that Marlowe get some sleep?

3. What transportation does Marlowe initially take to the Montecito in Chapter 35?

4. What do the men escorting Marlowe out of Jules Amthor's house at the beginning of Chapter 24 say Amthor accuses Marlowe of trying to do to him?

5. What shape is the room into which Mrs. Amthor conducts Marlowe in Chapter 21?

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