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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is approaching the room as Marv says goodbye to Goldie?
(a) His psychiatrist.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) Her sister.
(d) The police.

2. What does Marv realize he needs at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Liquor.

3. What is a significant descriptor of Kadie?
(a) Prostitute.
(b) Mobster.
(c) Transvestite.
(d) Transsexual.

4. What confuses Marv about Lucille?
(a) Her lawful ways.
(b) Her compassion for him.
(c) Her lesbianism.
(d) Her anger at him.

5. Why does the bouncer initially try to tell Marv to leave?
(a) Marv once beat the bouncer for hassling a girl.
(b) His wounds from the fight with the cops.
(c) His gun.
(d) His military-style coat.

6. What does Marv sense as he walks away from Kadie's?
(a) He is about to be killed.
(b) Goldie's scent.
(c) Someone is watching him.
(d) He is completely alone.

7. What is significant about what is strewn about the street when Marv finally leaves his room in Chapter 5?
(a) There are bodies everywhere.
(b) Marv sees wanted posters with his picture.
(c) The streets are completely cleaned up.
(d) Marv sees the evidence of a recent gun fight.

8. What does Lucille warn Marv will be the penalty for his activities that night?
(a) He will no longer be able to contact her.
(b) Execution.
(c) Institutionalization.
(d) Life in prison.

9. At the top of Chapter 4, for what does Marv admit to having a talent?
(a) Gunfights.
(b) Writing.
(c) Rescuing people.
(d) Solving jigsaw puzzles.

10. How does Lucille procure medication for Marv?
(a) Her brother is a pharmacist.
(b) She steals it from a hospital.
(c) Her girlfriend is a psychiatrist.
(d) She goes through her dealer.

11. What breaks Marv's fall from the hotel?
(a) Police cruiser.
(b) Garbage bags.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Human bodies.

12. In what setting does "The Hard Goodbye" begin?
(a) Marv's apartment.
(b) Bar.
(c) Hotel.
(d) Strip club.

13. Describe the weather at the beginning of "The Hard Goodbye."
(a) Mild.
(b) Hot.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Raining.

14. How does Marv explain his injuries to his mother?
(a) He cut himself shaving.
(b) He was mugged on the way home.
(c) He fell down the stairs.
(d) He got into a fight over someone insulting his girlfriend.

15. What makes Marv cry in his mother's home?
(a) The absence of his father.
(b) The disarray.
(c) The smells from childhood.
(d) His mother's cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. After gaining the upper hand against the hit men, what does Marv take from one of them?

2. How does Marv escape from the hotel room?

3. After whom did Marv name his gun?

4. To whom do the police answer?

5. How does Marv attempt to pass the time while waiting for the day to go by in Chapter 5?

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