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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty-seven - Twenty-nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlowe find out about De Soto when he calls the police department?
(a) De Soto has been arrested.
(b) There's no one named De Soto at the department.
(c) De Soto is retired.
(d) De Soto is dead.

2. What does Marlowe hear as he approaches his apartment?
(a) His telephone ringing.
(b) The sound of glass breaking.
(c) Two men talking.
(d) His radio playing.

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

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

5. Where does the Prescott Hotel bellhop say he's from?
(a) Portland, Oregon.
(b) Rock Cove, Maine.
(c) Short Springs, Kentucky.
(d) Amarillo, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Kingsley say he'll give Marlowe?

2. When Marlowe returns to Lavery's house, what does he notice about the door?

3. When Marlowe returns to Lavery's house to report the murder, what sound does he hear in the quiet house?

4. Where does Degarmo write down the information Marlowe gives about his client?

5. What does the sheriff imply about Bill's note from Muriel?

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