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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 train.
(b) A water taxi.
(c) A bus.
(d) A plane.

2. According to Jules Amthor, who is stupid?
(a) Second Planting.
(b) Lindsay Marriott.
(c) Mrs. Grayle.
(d) Marlowe.

3. How much money does the hot dog vendor demand for what Marlowe wants him to do?
(a) Eighty dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

4. In Chapter 38, where does Marlowe think Moose Malloy might be hiding?
(a) At Mrs. Morrison's house.
(b) On the Montecito.
(c) In Jules Amthor's house.
(d) In the Grayle mansion.

5. Marlowe thinks the men escorting him out of Amthor's house are______________.
(a) Moose Malloy's buddies.
(b) Bay City policemen.
(c) Mobsters.
(d) Amthor's security guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Lieutenant Randall and Marlowe get into Jessie Florian's house in Chapter 30?

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

3. Into what building does Red follow Marlowe in Chapter 35?

4. What does Sergeant Galbraith tell Marlowe in Chapter 33 that he thought Dr. Sonderborg was doing in his house?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Marlowe's meeting with Chief Wax in Chapter 32 and what it indicates about both the chief and the Bay City police department.

2. What does Marlowe learn about Anne Riordan's finances in Chapter 28?

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

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

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

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. What does Marlowe learn in Chapter 31 about Jules Amthor and his wife, Second Planting, and Dr. Sonderborg?

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

9. Compare Jules Amthor's appearance with his wife's.

10. 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.

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