View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirty - Thirty-two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlowe tell Kingsley that he'll have to do?
(a) Investigate Muriel Chess's death.
(b) Stay in the mountain town at least a week.
(c) Drop the case.
(d) Explain why he's there and testify at an inquest.

2. What does Marlowe ask Kingsley, before explaining what he's discovered?
(a) Whether he's ready.
(b) Whether he's sitting down.
(c) Whether he wants to hear the bad news.
(d) Whether he's alone.

3. What is in the window of the gift shop next to the Peacock Lounge?
(a) Small crystal animals.
(b) Jeweled decorative boxes.
(c) Gaudy gloves and hats.
(d) Expensive gold jewelry.

4. Who does Birdie Keppel introduce herself as?
(a) The local bar owner and radio announcer.
(b) The local nurse and medical examiner.
(c) The local beautician and newspaper reporter.
(d) The local schoolteacher and mortician.

5. What evidence does Marlowe think makes Bill unlikely to have murdered his wife?
(a) That Bill pointed out the body when he didn't have to.
(b) That Bill had kept his wife's note.
(c) That Bill seemed upset at his wife's death.
(d) That Bill seemed willing to talk about his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marlowe wipe the gun down with a handkerchief?

2. When Marlowe awakes, what does he reek of?

3. What nationality is the boy who comes into the Peacock Lounge to sell papers?

4. Where does Miss Fromsett say she'll look for the name of Mrs. Almore's parents?

5. Where is Mrs. Kingsley's body, when Marlowe awakes?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 305 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample