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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. How does Marlowe escape from his room in Chapter 26?
(a) He climbs out the window and goes down the fire escape.
(b) He starts a fire and escapes when firemen come to free him.
(c) He ambushes an attendant and steals a set of keys.
(d) He dons a white coat and pretends he's a doctor to escape.

2. How much money does Marlowe give the hot dog vendor?
(a) A quarter.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) One dollar.

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

4. When Marlowe regains consciousness in Chapter 25, where does he find himself?
(a) In a sanitarium.
(b) In Jules Amthor's basement.
(c) In the back of a Bay City policeman's car.
(d) In a hospital.

5. When Marlowe begins to hallucinate in Chapter 25, what does he realize?
(a) He has been drugged.
(b) He has suffered a concussion.
(c) He drank too much whiskey at Amthor's, and he's drunk.
(d) He has lost his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Sonderborg actually do in his house?

2. How much does Red want for getting Marlowe inside the Montecito?

3. How does Red get Marlowe into the Montecito?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the lie in which Mrs. Morrison is caught in Chapter 30 and how that lie affects her credibility.

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Marlowe rejected by the bouncers for the Montecito?

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

8. In what ways is Marlowe's relationship with Lieutenant Randall a successful collaboration with the police?

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

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

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