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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. How is Iva related to Miles?
(a) His mother
(b) His daughter
(c) His sister
(d) His wife

2. In what city does Miss Wonderly's sister live?
(a) New York
(b) Los Angeles
(c) San Francisco
(d) Denver

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

4. Where did Brigid meet Thursby?
(a) Hong Kong
(b) Singapore
(c) Peking
(d) London

5. What is the name of this chapter?
(a) G in the air
(b) The Fat Man
(c) Horse Feathers
(d) Brigid

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On whose behalf is Cairo acting?

3. Why could Spade not of killed Thursby?

4. Where has Cairo spent the night?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Spade rid Cairo of his weapon?

4. What are the district attorney's theories about who the killer is?

5. In what way is the novel's attitude towards women demeaning?

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

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

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

9. What was Brigid's relationship with Thursby?

10. How does SPade react to hearing his partners death in the second chapter?

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