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

2. What is Miss Fromsett's alibi for Lavery's murder?
(a) She was at the office.
(b) She was at a drug store.
(c) She was at a restaurant.
(d) She was at a beauty salon.

3. Who does Marlowe suggest to Miss Fromsett might have killed Lavery, aside from Mrs. Kingsley?
(a) Mr. Kingsley.
(b) Bill Chess.
(c) Dr. Almore.
(d) A stranger.

4. What does Kingsley tell Marlowe, when Marlowe asks if Mrs. Kingsley has a gun?
(a) He refuses to say.
(b) Yes, she has a target pistol.
(c) No, she does not have a gun.
(d) Yes, she has a small automatic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marlowe tell Mrs. Kingsley to distract her and make her move?

3. How much did Marlowe overpay for his phone call?

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

5. Did anyone tell Muriel about the man who was possibly looking for her, according to Birdie?

(see the answer key)

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