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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What time do Degarmo and Marlowe arrive at Miss Fromsett's apartment building, according to the clerk's wristwatch?
(a) Three fifty-four in the morning.
(b) Two fourty-six in the morning.
(c) Three seventeen in the morning.
(d) Four twenty-three in the morning.

4. When Marlowe brushes his hair, what does he notice about it?
(a) It needs to be cut.
(b) It needs to be washed.
(c) It's got blood in it.
(d) It's got a lot of gray in it.

5. What does Marlowe say Patton should do, when Degarmo wants to leave?
(a) Arrest him.
(b) Take his gun away.
(c) Let him go.
(d) Shoot him.

6. Who does Marlowe believe Muriel Chess, a.k.a. Mildred Haviland, wrote to for money?
(a) Degarmo.
(b) Dr. Almore.
(c) Lavery.
(d) Mrs. Kingsley.

7. Who is in Marlowe's office building when he returns there?
(a) Miss Fromsett.
(b) Kingsley.
(c) The police.
(d) Cleaning women.

8. When Marlowe reveals that Mrs. Kingsley has been dead for over a month, what does Kingsley do with his hands?
(a) He grabs his face.
(b) He grabs Marlowe's arm.
(c) He smacks Degarmo.
(d) He clenches his fists.

9. How does H.G. Talbot's shirt fit Marlowe?
(a) It is so small he can't fit his arms in it.
(b) It fits him perfectly.
(c) It is too large.
(d) It is a little too tight.

10. What does Mrs. Talley threaten to do if Marlowe won't leave?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Have his license taken away.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Scream.

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

12. What does Degarmo say when Marlowe asks if he should keep their previous meeting private?
(a) He says Marlowe better keep his mouth shut.
(b) He says the captain already knows.
(c) He says they never met before.
(d) He says Marlowe can talk about it all he likes.

13. When Degarmo first pulls his gun, where is it pointed?
(a) At the floor.
(b) At Patton.
(c) At Kingsley.
(d) At Marlowe.

14. What nationality is the boy who comes into the Peacock Lounge to sell papers?
(a) Polish.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Irish.
(d) Italian.

15. What is on the porch at the bungalow in Westmore Street where Marlowe goes looking for Talley?
(a) A tree.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A chair.
(d) A bench swing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Mrs. Kingsley killed?

2. Where does Patton's gunshot hit?

3. What does Patton do, when he admits to Degarmo that he knew the woman in the photo Degarmo showed around town and didn't tell him?

4. What evidence does Marlowe have that Degarmo killed his wife?

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

(see the answer keys)

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