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

2. What does Marlowe ask the Prescott Hotel bellhop to bring?
(a) Ginger ale, glasses, and ice.
(b) The hotel register.
(c) Extra blankets.
(d) A steak dinner and beer.

3. Who is the envelope Marlowe finds in his office from?
(a) Miss Fromsett.
(b) Kingsley.
(c) An anonymous source.
(d) Lavery.

4. What fish does Chess say are in the lake?
(a) A smattering of small bass.
(b) Some smart old trout.
(c) None.
(d) A lot of young salmon.

5. Where does the black Cadillac coupe come from that drives by Marlowe, as he is knocking at Lavery's door?
(a) The cross-street to the north.
(b) The cross-street to the south.
(c) The house next to Lavery's.
(d) The house across the street from Lavery's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What car does Lavery drive?

2. What do the police who stop Marlowe make him do?

3. When does Lavery say he was up at Little Fawn Lake?

4. What does Marlowe do when Mrs. Kingsley mentions the scarf he's wearing?

5. What evidence does Marlowe think makes Bill unlikely to have murdered his wife?

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