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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlowe ask Kingsley, before explaining what he's discovered?
(a) Whether he's ready.
(b) Whether he wants to hear the bad news.
(c) Whether he's sitting down.
(d) Whether he's alone.

2. What is Marlowe's first impression of Sheriff Patton?
(a) He is antagonistic toward the sheriff.
(b) He doesn't know what to make of the sheriff.
(c) He distrusts the sheriff.
(d) He likes the sheriff.

3. Where does Miss Fromsett say she'll look for the name of Mrs. Almore's parents?
(a) In the funeral records at the local churches.
(b) In the death records at the town hall.
(c) In a death notice in the LA papers.
(d) In the marriage registry at the town hall.

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

5. What color are the drapes and carpet in Kingsley's private office?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did anyone tell Muriel about the man who was possibly looking for her, according to Birdie?

2. What does Marlowe find in Muriel Chess's bedroom that he thinks she wouldn't have left behind?

3. Where does Almore watch from, as the big, blond, blue-eyed man accosts Marlowe?

4. What does Lavery tell Marlowe about Crystal Kingsley?

5. How much did Marlowe overpay for his phone call?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marlowe say that they'll have to do to get financial information about Kingsley's wife?

2. How does Kingsley act, when Marlowe first meets him?

3. Why does Marlowe initially sit in his car after visiting Lavery?

4. How does Kingsley react to news of Muriel's death?

5. What excuse does Bill Chess give for his erratic behavior?

6. What items of interest does Marlowe find in Lavery's closet?

7. How does Bill Chess respond when Marlowe asks if Muriel and Crystal might have gone away together?

8. What does Marlowe notice about Lavery's phone?

9. What gives Marlowe a scare while he is searching the Chesses' cabin?

10. What do Bill Chess's wife and Kingsley's wife have in common?

(see the answer keys)

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