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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 sort of bed are Marv and Goldie together on?
(a) Water bed.
(b) Heart-shaped.
(c) Canopy.
(d) Flea infested.

2. About whom does Marv think when he finally exits the stolen police car?
(a) Cardinal Roark.
(b) Wendy.
(c) The police officers.
(d) Goldie.

3. Who does Lucille initially call out to when she hears Marv outside her window?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Goldie.
(d) Claire.

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

5. Who is the stripper onstage at Kadie's when Marv arrives?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Gail.
(d) Becky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucille's relationship to Marv?

2. When Marv is cornered by the police car after escaping from the hotel, what does he break on it?

3. What confuses Marv about Lucille?

4. What does Marv ingest before the police knock on the hotel room door?

5. What kind of music does Kadie play in her nightclub?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marv pass the day in the beginning of chapter five?

2. What is significant about Marv believing that he caught Goldie's scent in the air?

3. What does Marv reveal about his philosophy in life to Lucille in her apartment?

4. How does Marv move from the water to the streets without drawing attention to himself from the cops?

5. Why does Marv kill the priest?

6. What does Marv believe will happen if he is caught by the police and what does this indicate about himself and the town?

7. How do Marv and Lucille feel about each other?

8. Describe the scene in the beginning of "The Hard Goodbye."

9. Describe Marv's deductions about the police officers in chapter two.

10. What happens to Marv after he leaves the church in chapter five?

(see the answer keys)

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