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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 is the source of the Riordan family money?
(a) Oil.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) A family restaurant that is very popular and prosperous.
(d) Wise investments.

2. How is Jessie Florian murdered?
(a) She's poisoned.
(b) She's stabbed to death.
(c) She's shot.
(d) She's beaten to death.

3. Where does Marlowe find a gun in Chapter 27?
(a) In Mrs. Amthor's purse.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) On a bookcase shelf.
(d) One of Dr. Sonderborg's drawers.

4. Who shoots Moose Malloy in Chapter 39?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Lieutenant Nulty.
(c) Mrs. Grayle.
(d) Jules Amthor.

5. Who tries to talk Marlowe into returning to his room in Chapter 27?
(a) Moose Malloy.
(b) Jules Amthor.
(c) Second Planting.
(d) Dr. Sonderborg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 31, what kind of insect does Marlowe see crawling across Lieutenant Randall's desk?

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

4. Who is the Bay City Chief of Detectives?

5. Whom does Marlowe demand to see inside the Montecito?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who murders Moose Malloy in Chapter 39, and what is the motivation for the killing?

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

4. What evidence implicates Moose Malloy in Jessie Florian's murder?

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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