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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe Jules Amthor?
(a) Skin as smooth as a rose petal.
(b) Pale, fine white hair and coal-black eyebrows.
(c) Deep, expressionless eyes.
(d) Overweight with a dark mustache.

2. Where does Marlowe initially tell Lieutenant Randall he has been while Randall has been searching for him?
(a) At Mrs. Grayle's mansion.
(b) In New York investigating a case.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) On vacation in Mexico.

3. Whom does Marlowe demand to see inside the Montecito?
(a) Jules Amthor.
(b) Laird Brunette.
(c) Mr. Grayle.
(d) Moose Malloy.

4. What is the real name of the big cop who escorts Marlowe out of Jules Amthor's house and to whom Marlowe assigns a nickname?
(a) Sergeant Joseph.
(b) Sergeant Galbraith.
(c) Lieutenant Maxwell.
(d) Lieutenant Davis.

5. How do Lieutenant Randall and Marlowe get into Jessie Florian's house in Chapter 30?
(a) They break in using Lieutenant Randall's knife.
(b) Mrs. Morrison lends them her key.
(c) Mrs. Morrison breaks into the house for them.
(d) Jessie Florian admits them.

6. How much money does the hot dog vendor demand for what Marlowe wants him to do?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Eighty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

7. What kind of car does Second Planting drive at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) A silver Mercedes Benz.
(b) A white Cadillac.
(c) A dark blue Packard sedan.
(d) A red Toyota Camry.

8. Who gives Marlowe an Egyptian cigarette in Chapter 38?
(a) Officer Olson.
(b) Red.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty.
(d) Laird Brunette.

9. At the end of chapter 28, what smells like dust and tobacco?
(a) Marlowe's office.
(b) Mr. Grayle's library.
(c) Marlowe's apartment.
(d) Lieutenant Randall's office.

10. Into what building does Red follow Marlowe in Chapter 35?
(a) A bingo hall.
(b) The Royal Crown.
(c) Florian's.
(d) The Belvedere Club.

11. What does Lieutenant Randall find when he goes to Dr. Sonderborg's house in Chapter 31?
(a) The house is locked up and empty, and the doctor is gone.
(b) Mrs. Grayle's stolen jade necklace.
(c) Moose Malloy's corpse.
(d) A cache of drugs and guns.

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

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

14. Which of the following statements does not describe Red?
(a) Short black hair and tanned skin.
(b) Skin soft as silk.
(c) Wearing dirty sneakers and tarry pants.
(d) Violet eyes.

15. How is Jessie Florian murdered?
(a) She's poisoned.
(b) She's shot.
(c) She's beaten to death.
(d) She's stabbed to death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 40, who turns out to be an international con man wanted by Scotland Yard?

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

4. Who , according to Sergeant Galbraith, runs Bay City?

5. How does Marlowe find Moose Malloy at the beginning of Chapter 39?

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