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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twelve - Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Marlowe knocks and rings at Lavery's door?
(a) Lavery answers immediately.
(b) Nothing, and Marlowe must come back later to find Lavery.
(c) Nothing, and Marlowe must go around the house to find Lavery.
(d) Nothing, at first, and then Lavery looks out at him.

2. When Kingsley leaves his office, where does he tell Miss Fromsett he is going?
(a) To buy cigarettes.
(b) To get his hair cut.
(c) To get a newspaper.
(d) Home.

3. What does the sheriff imply about Bill's note from Muriel?
(a) That it might be intended to deceive him.
(b) That it might be forged by Bill.
(c) That she might have written it long ago, the last time she left him.
(d) That it might have been written after she disappeared.

4. Degarmo asks Marlowe if someone hired him. Who?
(a) "Her" boyfriend.
(b) "Her" husband.
(c) "Her" lawyer.
(d) "Her" parents.

5. How much money does Marlowe ask for as a retainer?
(a) Two hundred dollars.
(b) A hundred and fifty dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) A hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Crystal Kingsley's car discovered?

2. What does Bill Chess throw in the water to recover the body?

3. After finding the gold heart, who does Marlowe speculate killed Muriel?

4. Who does Birdie Keppel introduce herself as?

5. What does Marlowe see in the water that looks like underwatter flooring?

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