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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What transportation does Marlowe initially take to the Montecito in Chapter 35?
(a) A plane.
(b) A bus.
(c) A train.
(d) A water taxi.

2. How much does Red want for getting Marlowe inside the Montecito?
(a) Eighty dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Twenty-five dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

3. In Chapter 35, why does Marlowe initially fail to get inside the Montecito?
(a) He starts a fight with the bouncers.
(b) He has a gun and looks like a cop to the bouncers.
(c) He is rude to the security guards.
(d) He is not on the list of people to admit.

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

5. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees inside the Montecito?
(a) Roulette wheels.
(b) A Faro table.
(c) A bar and some stools.
(d) Dancing girls.

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

7. What does Anne Riordan say she wants from Marlowe at the end of Chapter 40?
(a) A proposal of marriage.
(b) An interview for her newspaper.
(c) Fifty dollars for helping him solve his case.
(d) A kiss.

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

9. 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) Lieutenant Maxwell.
(c) Lieutenant Davis.
(d) Sergeant Galbraith.

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

11. Who is the beak-nosed man who questions Marlowe about Red in Chapter 35?
(a) One of Moose Malloy's friends.
(b) One of Jules Amthor's thugs.
(c) Officer Olson of the Bay City police force.
(d) One of Laird Burnette's thugs.

12. In Chapter 38, where does Marlowe think Moose Malloy might be hiding?
(a) At Mrs. Morrison's house.
(b) In the Grayle mansion.
(c) In Jules Amthor's house.
(d) On the Montecito.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where does Marlowe find the money that is missing from his wallet?
(a) Under his mattress.
(b) In his attendant's pockets.
(c) In the drawer of his night stand.
(d) In a wall safe in his room.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that Lieutenant Randall and Marlowe find in Jessie Florian's house in Chapter 30?

2. What does Lieutenant Randall accuse Marlowe of stealing?

3. What does Mrs. Morrison lie about in Chapter 30?

4. What is Marlowe wearing when he comes to at the beginning of Chapter 25?

5. Where does Marlowe initially tell Lieutenant Randall he has been while Randall has been searching for him?

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