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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dobbs doing in two weeks?
(a) He's going to work as a security guard.
(b) He's getting promoted.
(c) He's going into the army.
(d) He's retiring.

2. What does Captain Webber think of the investigation of Mrs. Almore's death?
(a) It was a little superficial.
(b) It was fairly thorough.
(c) It was comprehensive and conclusive.
(d) It involved no investigation at all.

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

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

5. Does Marlowe think Mrs. Almore was alive when she was brought to the garage?
(a) No, he thinks she had been gassed upstairs.
(b) Yes, he thinks she was awake.
(c) No, he thinks she had been poisoned.
(d) Yes, he thinks she was in a morphine coma.

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

7. What motives does Marlowe ascribe to Muriel Chess for killing Crystal Kingsley?
(a) Hatred and love.
(b) Blackmail and jealousy.
(c) None.
(d) Jealousy and money.

8. When Marlowe awakes, what does the picture he sees portray?
(a) The French riviera.
(b) The canals of Venice.
(c) The Mississippi Delta.
(d) The Boston harbor.

9. Who do the Graysons suspect Dr. Almore of having an affair with?
(a) Miss Fromsett.
(b) Mildred Haviland.
(c) Crystal Kingsley.
(d) A woman whose name neither one knows.

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

11. Who calls Sheriff Patton's office to tell them where Degarmo is?
(a) One of the cabin owners up at the lake.
(b) A cop from San Bernardino.
(c) A reporter from the local paper.
(d) The sergeant in charge of the Puma Lake dam sentries.

12. By what nickname does Miss Fromsett call Derace Kingsley?
(a) D.K.
(b) Derry.
(c) Dirk.
(d) King.

13. 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.

14. What does Patton say about his stomach?
(a) His belly keeps growing and growing from sitting behind a desk.
(b) It's been growling all morning, waiting for Degarmo and Marlowe.
(c) His big belly makes a nice target.
(d) It tells him that Kingsley's no murderer.

15. Where does Patton's gunshot hit?
(a) The wall behind Degarmo.
(b) Degarmo's revolver.
(c) Degarmo's knee.
(d) Degarmo's shoulder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Captain Webber's office, where does Degarmo sit?

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

3. What is Degarmo's status with the police at the time of the murder Marlowe is framed for?

4. What does Marlowe say Patton should do, when Degarmo wants to leave?

5. What is Mrs. Grayson doing, when Marlowe comes to visit the Graysons?

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