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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. At the end of Chapter 28, where does Anne suggest that Marlowe get some sleep?
(a) At a hotel.
(b) At his apartment.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In her apartment.

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

3. Where is Little Velma found in Chapter 41?
(a) In an L.A. hospital.
(b) In a New York mental institution.
(c) Singing on Laird Burnette's casino boats.
(d) Singing in a Baltimore night club.

4. Who pulls Marlowe's own gun on Marlowe in Chapter 22?
(a) Second Planting.
(b) Jules Amthor.
(c) Mrs. Amthor.
(d) Jessie Florian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sergeant Galbraith?

2. How is Jessie Florian murdered?

3. Who pulls a gun on Marlowe in Chapter 39?

4. What is on the white table in the middle of the room into which Mrs. Amthor conducts Marlowe in Chapter 21?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence implicates Moose Malloy in Jessie Florian's murder?

2. What evidence is there in Chapter 21 that Jules Amthor is a fraud?

3. Discuss Marlowe's meeting with Chief Wax in Chapter 32 and what it indicates about both the chief and the Bay City police department.

4. What reasons does Sergeant Galbraith give Marlowe in Chapter 33 for police corruption?

5. In Chapter 36, what information does Red give Marlowe about Laird Burnette, and what is the significance of the information to Marlowe's investigation?

6. How does Marlowe escape from his locked room in Chapter 26?

7. What does the fact that Marlowe goes to Anne Riordan's home after he escapes form Dr. Sonderborg's sanitarium indicate about his relationship with Anne?

8. Explain how Red manages to get Marlowe onto the Montecito in Chapter 37.

9. In Chapter 33, what explanation does Sergeant Galbraith give for putting Marlowe into Sonderborg's hospital?

10. What does the pink and black bug, whose progress Marlowe tracks in Chapter 31, indicate about Marlowe and his life?

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