2. Where does Marlowe initially tell Lieutenant Randall he has been while Randall has been searching for him?
(a) At Mrs. Grayle's mansion.
(b) In New York investigating a case.
(c) On vacation in Mexico.
(d) In a hospital.

3. 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) Moose Malloy.
(b) Chief Wax.
(c) Jules Amthor.
(d) Jessie Florian.

4. Whom does John Wax phone in Chapter 32 to verify Marlowe's claims?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) Mrs. Morrison.
(c) Lieutenant Randall.
(d) Anne Riordan.

5. Who turns out to be Little Velma in Chapter 39?
(a) Mrs. Amthor.
(b) Mrs. Grayle.
(c) Anne Riordan.
(d) Mrs. Morrison.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 39, whom does Marlowe accuse of murdering Lindsay Marriott?

3. What does Marlowe eat at the beginning of Chapter 28?

4. How much money does the hot dog vendor demand for what Marlowe wants him to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Officer Olson is a red herring in Chapter 35.

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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