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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. Who chokes Marlowe in Chapter 22?
(a) Mrs. Amthor.
(b) Moose Malloy.
(c) Second Planting.
(d) Jules Amthor.

2. Who does Marlowe see lounging on a bed and reading the newspaper in one of the other rooms as he makes his way down the hall at the beginning of Chapter 26?
(a) Jules Amthor.
(b) Chief Wax.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Jessie Florian.

3. What does Lieutenant Randall find when he goes to Dr. Sonderborg's house in Chapter 31?
(a) A cache of drugs and guns.
(b) Mrs. Grayle's stolen jade necklace.
(c) Moose Malloy's corpse.
(d) The house is locked up and empty, and the doctor is gone.

4. Who pulls a gun on Marlowe in Chapter 39?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) Anne Riordan.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Jules Amthor.

5. What is the real name of the big cop who escorts Marlowe out of Jules Amthor's house and to whom Marlowe assigns a nickname?
(a) Lieutenant Davis.
(b) Sergeant Galbraith.
(c) Lieutenant Maxwell.
(d) Sergeant Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Lieutenant Randall about Sam Montgomery's murder at Florian's?

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

3. Who is Sergeant Galbraith?

4. Who does Marlowe punch in the nose at the beginning of Chapter 22?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. In Chapter 25, what evidence indicates to Marlowe that he has been drugged?

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

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

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

6. Who does Marlowe see reading a newspaper in Chapter 26, and what does this person's presence indicate about Amthor and the two policemen who escorted Marlowe out of Amthor's house?

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

8. Why does Marlowe leave a message for Moose Malloy with Laird Brunette in Chapter 38?

9. Where is Moose Malloy's murderer eventually found, and what is her ultimate fate in the novel?

10. 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?

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