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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. Whose apartment does Spade go to in this chapter?
(a) Cairo's apartment
(b) Iva's apartment
(c) Brigid's apartment
(d) Effie's apartment

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

3. What does Spade make for Brigid to eat?
(a) Cheese toasties
(b) Sandwiches
(c) Beans on toast
(d) An omelette

4. What does the caller reveal?
(a) He is taking Spade to court
(b) Spade is a fraud
(c) Miles is dead
(d) He knows where Miss Wonderly's sister is

5. Which character is bleeding in this chapter?
(a) Dundy
(b) Cairo
(c) Brigid
(d) Spade

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cairo point his gun at?

2. What useful things does Spade find in Brigid's apartment?

3. Where does Brigid say Cairo had the young man in the shadows?

4. How much is Cairo willing to pay Spade?

5. Where does Spade go to with Brigid's keys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Miss Wonderly's sister?

2. In what way do Spade's qualities come out in this chapter?

3. Describe Cairo's appearance in the hotel lobby in the tenth chapter.

4. What was Brigid's relationship with Thursby?

5. What does Gutman's treatment of Rhea say about his character?

6. What does Spade tell Brigid that Cairo wants?

7. Why is the fifth chapter call ed the Levantine?

8. Why does Spade usher Iva out of his office?

9. What does Spade say Brigid, Cairo and Gutman do aboard the La Paloma?

10. Why is the sixth chapter called the undersized shadow?

(see the answer keys)

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