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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. Where is Cairo from?
(a) France
(b) Egypt
(c) Germany
(d) Nigeria

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

3. What does Spade lie about in this chapter?
(a) That he has made vegetarian sandwiches
(b) That the young man is still outside
(c) That the the coffee is caffiene free
(d) That he loves her

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

5. Why does Cairo point the gun at Spade the second time?
(a) To search his office
(b) To take him as a hostage
(c) To kill him
(d) To strip search him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spade say he does not have?

2. Who has called Spade at his office?

3. Whose house does Spade recommend Brigid stays at?

4. What is the name of Sam's lawyer?

5. What does Spade do immediately after the call?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brigid say she sought Spade's help?

2. In what way does Brigid show her desperation for Spade services in the sixth chapter?

3. What does Spade tell Brigid that Cairo wants?

4. What was Brigid's relationship with Thursby?

5. What does Spade work out about Miss Wonderly in the second chapter?

6. Describe the man's entrance into Spade's office at the end of the fifteenth chapter?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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