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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. For what does Jules Amthor say he has treated Mrs. Grayle?
(a) Depression.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) A speech impediment.
(d) A broken heart.

2. What is Sergeant Galbraith's response in Chapter 33 when Marlowe asks if there is a connection between Dr. Sonderborg and Jules Amthor?
(a) Amthor works for Sonderborg.
(b) Both Amthor and Sonderborg work for Laird Brunette.
(c) Sonderborg works for Amthor.
(d) There is no connection as the men don't know each other.

3. At the end of Chapter 28, to where does Marlowe ask Anne to drive him?
(a) His office.
(b) The police station.
(c) A taxi stand.
(d) His apartment.

4. Whose appendix bursts in Chapter 33?
(a) Marlowe's.
(b) Moose Malloy's.
(c) Anne Riordan's.
(d) Captain Blane's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees inside the Montecito?

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

3. In Chapter 32, with whom does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to get even?

4. When Marlowe regains consciousness in Chapter 25, where does he find himself?

5. At the end of Chapter 28, where does Anne suggest that Marlowe get some sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss Marlowe's encounter with Dr. Sonderborg in Chapter 27 and what it indicates about Dr. Sonderborg's legitimacy as a physician.

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

4. 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?

5. What does the fact that the two rough-looking characters tending to Marlowe in Chapter 23 and 24 are policeman indicate about the Bay City police force?

6. Explain how Red manages to get Marlowe onto the Montecito in Chapter 37.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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