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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. Which other policeman arrives with Tom Poulhaus?
(a) Officer Jones
(b) Lieutenant Flump
(c) Sergeant Franks
(d) Lieutenant Dundy

2. Where does Spade say Brigid can talk to Cairo?
(a) The police station
(b) His apartment
(c) His office
(d) On the subway

3. What does Spade think of Brigid's story?
(a) Boring
(b) A lie
(c) Entertaining
(d) The truth

4. What two policeman are at the door?
(a) Jackson and Polhaus
(b) Polhaus and Jones
(c) Dundy and Jackson
(d) Polhaus and Dundy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What theatre does Spade go to?

2. Who does Spade tell the young man to get in contact with him?

3. Why could Spade not of killed Thursby?

4. Why does Brigid feel distressed?

5. What does Spade drink when he is back at his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Joel Cairo and what he wants.

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

3. How does Hammett use characters names to symbolize their function?

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

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

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

7. Describe the iconic dialogue Hammet uses in the novel.

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

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

10. Whay does Miss Wonderly pay the men $200?

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