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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Spade say he urged Cairo and Brigid to play along with his joke?
(a) He wanted to divert their attention
(b) He was tired of answering questions
(c) He wanted to make them look stupid
(d) He wanted to see Dundy smile

2. Why does Spade he kisses Brigid?
(a) To shut her up
(b) She needs a man
(c) She is a charming liar
(d) She is beautiful

3. Where does Archer have to meet Miss Wonderly?
(a) At the train station
(b) In a bar
(c) At her hotel
(d) At his house

4. What theatre does Spade go to?
(a) Apollo Theater
(b) The Avant-garde Theater
(c) Geary Theater
(d) King George Theater

5. Where does Dundy hit Spade?
(a) In the groin
(b) In the jaw
(c) In the stomach
(d) In the nose

6. Why does Cairo ask Spade to stand?
(a) To relieve him of his weapons
(b) To correct his posture
(c) To admire his figure
(d) To get him away from his desk

7. Why did Thursby and Brigid go to San Francisco?
(a) Cairo was double crossing them
(b) They wanted to raise a family
(c) They wanted to sell poetry
(d) The police were after them

8. What does Cairo want Spade to help him find?
(a) A black statuette of a bird
(b) The ark
(c) His mother
(d) A rare coin

9. Why does Cairo point the gun at Spade the second time?
(a) To take him as a hostage
(b) To search his office
(c) To kill him
(d) To strip search him

10. Who arrives at Spade's apartment in this chapter?
(a) Cairo
(b) Iva
(c) Effie
(d) Thursby

11. In what city does Miss Wonderly's sister live?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) New York
(c) Denver
(d) San Francisco

12. Who does Spade tell the young man to get in contact with him?
(a) Cairo
(b) G
(c) C
(d) His parents

13. Which hotel does Spade ring?
(a) Hotel Lucky
(b) Hotel Belvedere
(c) Hotel Wonderly
(d) Hotel Paris

14. Whose offer does Brigid want Spade to forgo?
(a) Thursby's
(b) Cairo's
(c) Iva's
(d) Her own

15. Why does Cairo pull out his gun?
(a) To kill himself
(b) To kill Spade
(c) To search Spade's office
(d) For a joke

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the next person to arrive at Spade's office?

2. What city is the man from in Spade's story?

3. What is the young doing?

4. Why does Brigid want to get rid of the statuette?

5. When was Thursby found dead?

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