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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. In Chapter 35, why does Marlowe initially fail to get inside the Montecito?
(a) He is not on the list of people to admit.
(b) He is rude to the security guards.
(c) He has a gun and looks like a cop to the bouncers.
(d) He starts a fight with the bouncers.

2. Who does Marlowe punch in the nose at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) Jessie Florian.
(b) Jules Amthor.
(c) Mrs. Amthor.
(d) Second Planting.

3. When Mrs. Grayle arrives, where does Marlowe tell Moose Malloy to hide?
(a) On the patio.
(b) In the closet.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) Behind the curtains.

4. 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) He finds an empty whiskey bottle in his room.
(c) There are needle marks on his arm.
(d) He has had a similar nervous breakdown before.

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) Sergeant Galbraith.
(b) Lieutenant Maxwell.
(c) Sergeant Joseph.
(d) Lieutenant Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which police officer does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to use as muscle?

2. Whose office does Marlowe walk into at the beginning of Chapter 27?

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 29, how long has Lieutenant Randall been searching for Marlowe?

5. What is Little Velma's ultimate fate in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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