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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 container does Marv carry on him in Chapter 2?
(a) Water bottle.
(b) Prescription pill bottle.
(c) Flask.
(d) Cigarette case.

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

3. What is Lucille's relationship to Marv?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She is his parole officer.
(c) She is his psychologist.
(d) She is his partner.

4. What is Marv preparing to do for the arrival of the police at the very end of Chapter 1?
(a) Burn down the hotel.
(b) Fight.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Hide.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a side effect of the legal status of drinking?

2. Describe the weather at the beginning of "The Hard Goodbye."

3. When Marv tells Lucille that he fought some cops, what does she ask in return?

4. What confuses Marv about Lucille?

5. Where does the priest send Marv?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marv discover when he wakes up in the hotel?

2. What information does Marv get from the priest in chapter five?

3. Why does Marv kill the priest?

4. How does Marv acquire a police cruiser and what happens to it by the end of the chapter?

5. What do the approaching police sirens indicate to Marv and why?

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

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

8. How does Marv explain his injuries and activities to his mother when he goes to her home for Gladys?

9. How does Marv get his medication?

10. Why does Marv send Weevil out to tell people his current location?

(see the answer keys)

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