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

2. What is the source of the Riordan family money?
(a) A family restaurant that is very popular and prosperous.
(b) Wise investments.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Oil.

3. Who is the Bay City Chief of Detectives?
(a) Lieutenant Nulty.
(b) Sergeant Galbraith.
(c) Lieutenant Randall.
(d) Captain Blane.

4. What does Dr. Sonderborg actually do in his house?
(a) Holds kidnap victims for ransom.
(b) Hides criminals wanted by the police.
(c) Prints counterfeit money.
(d) Changes criminals' faces with plastic surgery.

5. At the end of Chapter 28, to where does Marlowe ask Anne to drive him?
(a) His office.
(b) The police station.
(c) His apartment.
(d) A taxi stand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Mrs. Jules Amthor?

3. Whose appendix bursts in Chapter 33?

4. Who pulls Marlowe's own gun on Marlowe in Chapter 22?

5. According to Jules Amthor, who is a natural medium?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 41, why does Marlowe think Mrs. Grayle has done her much-older husband a favor by dying the way she does?

4. What is Raymond Chandler saying about American literature through Marlowe's references to Hemingway in Chapter 24?

5. Describe Marlowe's interactions with the hot dog vendor in Chapter 34 and what information Marlowe hopes to obtain from the vendor.

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

7. What does Marlowe taking a ride in another large dark-colored sedan in Chapter 21 foreshadow?

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

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

10. What lie does Jules Amthor tell the two policeman about Marlowe in Chapter 23, and what does the lie result in for Marlowe?

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