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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Spade do immediately after the call?
(a) Phones the police
(b) Pours a beer
(c) Rolls a cigarette
(d) Leaves the house

2. What does Spade take from Brigid's pocket?
(a) Her passport
(b) Her keys
(c) Her purse
(d) Her cigarettes

3. Whose apartment does Spade arrive at at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Effie Perine's
(b) His own
(c) Miss Wonderly's
(d) Iva Archer's

4. What does Brigid confirm about Cairo?
(a) That he cannot shoot
(b) That he is a fraudster
(c) That he is a Levantine
(d) That he is a homosexual

5. Why does Spade think that Miss Wonderly returned to her hotel?
(a) To meet Thursby
(b) To make a phonecall
(c) To pay her bill
(d) to meet her lover

6. Where has Cairo spent the night?
(a) The police station
(b) A brothel
(c) A train
(d) The park

7. What is Brigid's excuse for not telling Spade about the Falcon?
(a) She doesn't know anything
(b) It is late
(c) She has to have a bath
(d) She wants to cook dinner

8. In what city does the story take place?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) London
(c) New York
(d) San Francisco

9. What does Spade tell Brigid to do to get more money?
(a) Hand out leaflets
(b) Gamble
(c) Pawn her jewelry
(d) Walk the streets

10. Why does Spade usher Iva out of his office?
(a) To get on with business
(b) To avoid speculation about their affair
(c) Miss Wonderly is about to arrive
(d) The police are coming

11. What does Spade drink when he is back at his apartment?
(a) Rum
(b) Vodka
(c) Milk
(d) Beer

12. What does Brigid offer Spade?
(a) Her body
(b) Her apartment
(c) $7,000
(d) Her hand in marriage

13. 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

14. What building does Miss Wonderly want Spade to meet her at?
(a) The Harper building
(b) Coronet building
(c) The Chaplin building
(d) The Locksmith building

15. Who does Spade hope to see at the theater?
(a) Effie
(b) Cairo
(c) Thursby
(d) Brigid

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Miss Wonderly sister left New York with?

2. What motive does Iva think Spade had for killing Miles?

3. What does Spade take out of Cairo's pocket when he is unconscious?

4. What does Spade make for Brigid to eat?

5. Which hotel does Spade ring?

(see the answer keys)

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