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

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

3. What is Kingsley afraid his wife might get in trouble for?
(a) Using an assumed identity.
(b) Drunk driving.
(c) Shoplifting.
(d) Using drugs.

4. What is the first thing Kingsley does, when he goes into his private office with Marlowe?
(a) He gets a file out of his desk drawer.
(b) He opens the safe.
(c) He takes the phone off the hook and turns off the intercom.
(d) He lights a cigar.

5. What car does Lavery drive?
(a) A green sedan.
(b) A sleek, black two-seater.
(c) A blue convertable.
(d) A red sports car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Marlowe in Chess's cabin?

2. What does Marlowe ask about that makes Bill Chess get defensive?

3. What is significant about the inscription on the gold heart Marlowe finds?

4. What icon does Marlowe have on the business card that he doesn't give to Adrienne Fromsett?

5. What communication did Kingsley receive after his wife went missing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What things does Marlowe list that might have happened to Kingsley's wife?

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

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

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

6. How does Marlowe know the name of the person who lives across the street from Lavery?

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

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

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

10. Where is Lavery going, when he leaves the house?

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