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

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

3. Who has called Spade at his office?
(a) Effie
(b) Miss Wonderly
(c) Iva Archer
(d) Floyd Thursby

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

5. What is Cairo trying to find in Spade office?
(a) The statuette
(b) Information on Brigid's case
(c) Brigid
(d) Money

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Brigid say it will take for her to produce the statue?

2. Which hotel does Spade ring?

3. Where does Spade go to next?

4. What is the name of Spade's partner?

5. What does Brigid confirm about Cairo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Brigid tell Spade about her part in the falcon in the ninth chapter?

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

6. Why does Gutman want to keep Spade on his good side?

7. How does Spade react to Miss Wonderly's presence?

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

9. What does Spade tell Brigid that Cairo wants?

10. What do the police see when they enter Spade's apartment in the eighth chapter?

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