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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 hotel does Spade ring?
(a) Hotel Belvedere
(b) Hotel Wonderly
(c) Hotel Lucky
(d) Hotel Paris

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

3. When will the Wonderly's parents be back from Europe?
(a) Two days
(b) Two weeks
(c) Ten days
(d) Three weeks

4. Whose murder do the officers question Spade about?
(a) Floyd Thursby
(b) Iva Archer
(c) Miss Wonderly
(d) Miles Archer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brigid confirm about Cairo?

2. What does Brigid offer Spade?

3. What does Spade make for Brigid to eat?

4. Who arrives at Spade's apartment in this chapter?

5. Where does Spade go to next?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Spade's excuse for Cairo and Brigid's behavior at the beginning of the eighth chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What has happened to Miss Wonderly's sister?

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

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