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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. Whose office does Marlowe walk into at the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) Mr. Grayle's.
(b) Jules Amthor's.
(c) Moose Malloy's.
(d) Dr. Sonderborg's.

2. What is the Montecito?
(a) One of Laird Burnette's gambling boats.
(b) The Grayle mansion.
(c) Lindsay Marriott's estate.
(d) A Bay City museum.

3. What evidence confirms Marlowe's suspicions about why he is hallucinating?
(a) His head aches, and there's a big knot on his forehead.
(b) There are needle marks on his arm.
(c) He has had a similar nervous breakdown before.
(d) He finds an empty whiskey bottle in his room.

4. What does Mrs. Morrison lie about in Chapter 30?
(a) Mrs. Grayle's relationship with Lindsay Marriott.
(b) Jessie Florian's mail delivery.
(c) Moose Malloy's activities.
(d) Marlowe's treatment of her.

5. What does Sergeant Galbraith tell Marlowe in Chapter 33 that he thought Dr. Sonderborg was doing in his house?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) Running a gambling hall.
(c) Making bootleg whiskey.
(d) Hiding stolen merchandise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 35, why does Marlowe initially fail to get inside the Montecito?

2. Who is John Wax?

3. Who chokes Marlowe in Chapter 22?

4. In Chapter 27, to whose home does Marlowe walk on foot?

5. Whom does John Wax phone in Chapter 32 to verify Marlowe's claims?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 37, Red asks more than once if he may accompany Marlowe onto the Montecito, but Marlowe says that he prefers to do this alone. Discuss another example of Marlowe's desire to do things on his own and remain a loner in the novel.

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

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

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

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

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

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