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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. Who do the police take to the station?
(a) Brigid
(b) Spade
(c) Spade's sister
(d) Cairo

2. Who does Iva suggest killed Miles?
(a) Miss Wonderly
(b) Floyd Thursby
(c) Sam Spade
(d) Herself

3. Where has Cairo spent the night?
(a) A brothel
(b) The park
(c) The police station
(d) A train

4. In what city does the story take place?
(a) London
(b) New York
(c) San Francisco
(d) Los Angeles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cairo pull out his gun?

2. Whose house does Spade recommend Brigid stays at?

3. Who is going to follow Floyd?

4. Where does Spade go to next?

5. What is the name of Spade's secretary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Spade's relationship with the three women he has met so far in the novel?

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

5. What does horse feathers mean in terms of the eighth chapter?

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

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

8. In what way is Spade shown to be a lady killer in the ninth chapter?

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

10. How does Spade react to Iva's presence in the second chapter?

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