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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Birdie say came to town looking for someone who might have been Muriel Chess?
(a) A Los Angeles cop.
(b) An elderly man from the midwest.
(c) A Las Vegas tough guy.
(d) A San Francisco private detective.

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

3. How does Marlowe open the window of Bill Chess's cabin?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With a lockpick.
(c) With a rock.
(d) With his fist.

4. What reason does Mrs. Kingsley give for going back to Lavery's after shooting him?
(a) She decided to try to frame someone else.
(b) She had left behind a clue to her identity.
(c) He had taken all her money.
(d) She wanted to geet rid of the gun.

5. Did anyone tell Muriel about the man who was possibly looking for her, according to Birdie?
(a) Bill Chess did.
(b) No one Birdie knows of did.
(c) Jim Patton did.
(d) Birdie did.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Kingsley do when Marlowe tells her Bill says she made a pass at him?

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

4. What does Kingsley tell Marlowe, when Marlowe asks if Mrs. Kingsley has a gun?

5. What choice does Marlowe give the woman he meets at the Peacock Lounge?

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