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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. Who found Florence Almore's body?
(a) Miss Fromsett.
(b) Dr. Almore.
(c) Lou Condy.
(d) Chris Lavery.

2. What is on the walls of Bill Chess's bedroom?
(a) Botanical prints of local plants.
(b) Photographs of Bill's family.
(c) Reproductions of classical paintings.
(d) A set of war maps.

3. How does Marlowe describe Adrienne Fromsett?
(a) A hard, tough redhead.
(b) Tall, lean, and dark-haired.
(c) Slight, small, and blonde.
(d) Short, blue-eyed, and black-haired.

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

5. Who does Marlowe suggest to Miss Fromsett might have killed Lavery, aside from Mrs. Kingsley?
(a) Dr. Almore.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Bill Chess.
(d) Mr. Kingsley.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Birdie say came to town looking for someone who might have been Muriel Chess?

4. What does Lavery tell Marlowe about Crystal Kingsley?

5. What was the detective who Mrs. Almore's parents hired to investigate her death sent to jail for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Fromsett describe Florence Almore?

2. What does Bill Chess do to himself, after shouting at the sheriff to arrest him?

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

4. What does Marlowe discover when he examines the item he takes from the woman in Lavery's house?

5. What does Marlowe ask about that Lavery seems to react to, as if it makes him think or wonder something he's not saying?

6. At the end of chapter fourteen, what does Marlowe tell Kingsley is his next step?

7. How does Marlowe handle his long wait in Kingsley's office lobby?

8. What important information does the bellhop at the Prescott Hotel offer, based on the photo of Crystal Kingsley?

9. What reason does Sheriff Patton give why Bill might have stayed in town if he killed his wife?

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

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