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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Eddie tell his partner he hasn't called, because he thought homicide would do it?
(a) The coronor.
(b) The district attorney.
(c) The fingerprint technicians.
(d) The crime scene photographers.

2. What does Marlowe hear as he sits in his jail cell?
(a) A harmonica playing.
(b) A woman screaming.
(c) A guard laughing.
(d) A man rattling on the bars.

3. What reason does Lavery give that Crystal Kingsley might have wanted to get back at him?
(a) He stood her up.
(b) She saw him with someone else.
(c) He stole money from her.
(d) He fought with her, and they broke up.

4. Is Marlowe charged with a crime?
(a) No, he is never officially booked.
(b) Yes, but the charges are dropped after he talks with Webber.
(c) Yes, but the paperwork gets "lost."
(d) No, because Webber intervenes before the papers are filed.

5. What choice does Marlowe give the woman he meets at the Peacock Lounge?
(a) She must either talk with her husband or get no money.
(b) She must talk with either him or the cops.
(c) She must either come with him, or he'll take her by force.
(d) She must either give herself up, or he'll turn her in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlowe ask about that makes Bill Chess get defensive?

2. Degarmo asks Marlowe if someone hired him. Who?

3. What does Marlowe tell Kingsley that he'll have to do?

4. Whose car is in Kingsley's garage when Degarmo and Marlowe go to Kingsley's house?

5. What is Kingsley afraid his wife might get in trouble for?

(see the answer key)

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