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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 identify as Bill's biggest problem, if he killed Muriel?
(a) Getting rid of Muriel's car.
(b) Getting rid of any blood evidence in the house.
(c) Getting rid of Muriel's clothes.
(d) Explaining Muriel's disappearance to her friends.

2. What is Lavery's arm like when Marlowe pulls at it?
(a) Warm and stiff.
(b) Warm and pliable.
(c) Cold and stiff.
(d) Cold and pliable.

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

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

5. Where does the Prescott Hotel bellhop say he's from?
(a) Amarillo, Texas.
(b) Short Springs, Kentucky.
(c) Rock Cove, Maine.
(d) Portland, Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What jarring action does Lavery take before Marlowe leaves?

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

3. How does Marlowe open the window of Bill Chess's cabin?

4. What color is the lobby of the building Phillip Marlowe goes to at the beginning of the first chapter?

5. What do most of the Athletic Club members seem to do in the club library?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Fromsett describe Florence Almore?

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

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

4. What does Marlowe say to do about the handkerchief.

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

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

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

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

9. What encounter did Kingsley have, that made him worried about his wife?

10. Where do Marlowe and Birdie go to talk?

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