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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. When Kingsley leaves his office, where does he tell Miss Fromsett he is going?
(a) To get his hair cut.
(b) To buy cigarettes.
(c) To get a newspaper.
(d) Home.

2. What is Miss Fromsett's alibi for Lavery's murder?
(a) She was at a restaurant.
(b) She was at a beauty salon.
(c) She was at the office.
(d) She was at a drug store.

3. Where does Almore watch from, as the big, blond, blue-eyed man accosts Marlowe?
(a) His garage.
(b) His window.
(c) His car.
(d) His porch.

4. What clue does Marlowe see that Lavery was up at Little Fawn Lake?
(a) An arrangement of lilac.
(b) An arrangement of pine cones.
(c) A spray of manzanita.
(d) A spray of dogwood.

5. What impression does Marlowe have from Miss Fromsett, after she gives him Chris Lavery's address?
(a) That she is curious about what business her boss has with Marlowe.
(b) That she's seen Chris Lavery, and recently, despite what she says.
(c) That Chris Lavery stirs up pleasant memories.
(d) That Chris Lavery isn't a pleasant thought for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stops Marlowe from leaving, when he reaches down to turn on his ignition?

2. What evidence does Marlowe think makes Bill unlikely to have murdered his wife?

3. How well does Miss Fromsett say she knew Mrs. Almore?

4. What name does Marlowe give the woman he meets in Lavery's house?

5. What building is Derace Kingsley's office in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Marlowe and Birdie go to talk?

2. How does the woman in Lavery's house leave?

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

4. How does Miss Fromsett describe Florence Almore?

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

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

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

8. How would you characterize the way that Miss Fromsett treats Marlowe?

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

10. What reasons does Marlowe give that Lavery might be lying?

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