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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Spade go to with Brigid's keys?
(a) Her key
(b) Her bank vault
(c) Her hotel
(d) Her apartment

3. Who tells Spade what happened to Archer?
(a) Iva Archer
(b) Tom Polhaus
(c) Effie Perine
(d) Floyd Thursby

4. Who does Spade spot in the hotel?
(a) Thursby
(b) Brigid
(c) Dundy
(d) The young man trailing him

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

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

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

8. What motive does Iva think Spade had for killing Miles?
(a) To get the business
(b) To shut him up
(c) To get his money
(d) To be with her

9. What did Spade earlier take from Cairo's pocket?
(a) Sweets
(b) A theater ticket
(c) Cigarettes
(d) $200

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

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

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

13. Why did Brigid agree to come to San Francisco with Thursby?
(a) She loved him
(b) He had money
(c) He knew people
(d) For protection

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spade make for Brigid to eat?

2. Who does Effie say has tried to contact Spade?

3. What is the name of Spade's secretary?

4. What does Spade tell the police about his relationship with Iva?

5. What is the name of the Russian?

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