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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 Webber take off his desk and break, more than once during his interview with Marlowe?
(a) Matches.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Pencils.

2. Whose car is in Kingsley's garage when Degarmo and Marlowe go to Kingsley's house?
(a) The gardner's.
(b) The cook's.
(c) The butler's.
(d) The maid's.

3. What does Miss Fromsett say when Degarmo and Marlowe ask her where Kingsley is?
(a) That she can't tell them whether she knows.
(b) That she doesn't know.
(c) That she knows but won't tell them.
(d) That she will tell them tomorrow.

4. What choice does Marlowe give the woman he meets at the Peacock Lounge?
(a) She must either talk with her husband or get no money.
(b) She must talk with either him or the cops.
(c) She must either come with him, or he'll take her by force.
(d) She must either give herself up, or he'll turn her in.

5. What time do Degarmo and Marlowe arrive at Miss Fromsett's apartment building, according to the clerk's wristwatch?
(a) Three seventeen in the morning.
(b) Three fifty-four in the morning.
(c) Four twenty-three in the morning.
(d) Two fourty-six in the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marlowe say Patton could look for evidence that Degarmo is the killer?

2. What does the cop Eddie who responds to Marlowe's call have behind his ear?

3. What does Degarmo do as he draws his weapon on Patton?

4. Who calls Sheriff Patton's office to tell them where Degarmo is?

5. What evidence does Marlowe have that Degarmo killed his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grayson describe Dr. Almore's practice?

2. What is Mrs. Talley's attitude?

3. What reason does Marlowe give Mrs. Kingsley that she'll miss him?

4. As Degarmo seemingly gets away, what sentiment does Marlowe utter twice?

5. Why is Marlowe surprised that Mrs. Kingsley would need money from her husband?

6. How does Degarmo react when Marlowe tells him about Mrs. Fallbrook?

7. What does Marlowe say about Muriel's explanation of why she went back to Lavery's the morning after the murder?

8. What conditions does Marlowe discover in the apartment he enters after leaving the murdered woman's apartment?

9. What is the reaction of the younger policeman, Eddie, when he sees the gun on the table?

10. Where and in what condition do Marlowe and Patton find the car that Degarmo escaped in?

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