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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, whom does Moose Malloy demand to see at Florian's?
(a) A waiter named Ernest.
(b) A singer named Louise.
(c) A piano player named Dave.
(d) Mr. Montgomery, the night club's manager.

2. What does Jessie Florian say her relationship is to Lindsay Marriott?
(a) She is his ex-wife.
(b) She is his stepsister.
(c) She is his girlfriend.
(d) She is his former employee and used to work for his family.

3. Who took the Russian cigarettes with the paper mouthpieces from Lindsay Marriott's dead body?
(a) Anne Riordan.
(b) Lieutenant Randall.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Lieutenant Nulty.

4. In Chapter 20, how much does Marlowe tell his visitor that it will cost for Marlowe to accompany the person to his employer's home?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) One thousand dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the former owner of radio station KDFK in Beverly Hills?

2. What is the one new piece of furniture in Jessie Florian's home?

3. What does Anne Riordan do for a living?

4. After Malloy flees the murder scene, who phones the police to report the murder Malloy has just committed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Marlowe visits Jessie Florian at the opening of Chapter 17, what information does she reveal?

2. Who is Second Planting, and what is ironic about his referral to himself as a "Hollywood Indian"?

3. Explain what Marlowe finds when he regains consciousness at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. In what ways are Marlowe and Anne Riordan mirror characters?

5. Discuss Lieutenant Nulty's arrest of the wrong man at the beginning of Chapter 13 and what factors make Nulty mistake the man for Moose Malloy.

6. How does the novel Farewell My Lovely depict racial prejudice and racial relations between African-American and whites in the 1940's, the era in which the story is set?

7. Why does Marlowe visit Jessie Florian in Chapter 5?

8. Describe Jessie Florian and the condition of her home when Marlowe visits it in Chapter 5.

9. Compare and contrast Lieutenant Nulty and Lieutenant Randall.

10. Who is Little Velma, and why is Moose Malloy looking for the woman?

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