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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. How is Iva related to Miles?
(a) His sister
(b) His mother
(c) His daughter
(d) His wife

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

3. What does Spade do when Cairo is close enough?
(a) Knock him out
(b) Kisses him
(c) Kicks him in the groin
(d) Spits in his face

4. What is the name of this chapter?
(a) Horse Feathers
(b) Brigid
(c) The Fat Man
(d) G in the air

5. What city is the man from in Spade's story?
(a) New York
(b) Charlotte
(c) Seattle
(d) Los Angeles

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spade tell Brigid to do to get more money?

2. Who arrives at Spade's apartment in this chapter?

3. How much is Cairo willing to pay Spade?

4. What does Brigid confirm about Cairo?

5. How old does Spade think the man is following him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the game going on between Brigid and Spade?

2. How does SPade react to hearing his partners death in the second chapter?

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

4. How does Spade change Cairo's mind about not going along with his plan?

5. Why does Gutman want to keep Spade on his good side in the seventeenth chapter?

6. What plan do Spade and Archer make in the first chapter?

7. What happens when Spade returns to his apartment in the second chapter?

8. Why does Spade think it is a good idea to use a fall guy?

9. In what way does the sixteenth chapter express the problems of its time?

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

(see the answer keys)

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