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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 character in this chapter has their gun drawn?
(a) Brigid
(b) Dundy
(c) Cairo
(d) Spade

2. What theatre does Spade go to?
(a) King George Theater
(b) Geary Theater
(c) Apollo Theater
(d) The Avant-garde Theater

3. Where does Spade go to next?
(a) Miss Wonderly's hotel
(b) The murder scene
(c) The police station
(d) New York

4. What does Cairo do when Spade returns his gun?
(a) Puts it in his pocket
(b) Points it at spade
(c) Shoots the office windows
(d) Puts on the safety

5. Who does Spade say is still outside?
(a) Dundy
(b) Polhaus
(c) Cairo
(d) The young man

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Spade say he urged Cairo and Brigid to play along with his joke?

2. What city is the man from in Spade's story?

3. How much money does Brigid give Spade?

4. What continent have Wonderly's parent traveled to?

5. What does the caller reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brigid want to get rid of the falcon?

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

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

4. What does Spade tell Polhaus and Dundy at the end of the seventh chapter?

5. How was the falcon made?

6. What was Brigid's relationship with Thursby?

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

8. What do Spade and Tom Polhaus discuss in the second chapter?

9. Describe the story Spade tells Brigid at the beginning of the seventh chapter?

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

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