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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. How was Mrs. Kingsley killed?
(a) She was strangled.
(b) She was shot.
(c) She was stabbed.
(d) She was hit with a bottle.

2. What does Marlowe hear as he sits in his jail cell?
(a) A harmonica playing.
(b) A guard laughing.
(c) A woman screaming.
(d) A man rattling on the bars.

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

4. What does Marlowe tell Mrs. Kingsley to distract her and make her move?
(a) That her gun is going to misfire.
(b) That he saw a man moving behind the curtain.
(c) That she's too close and the gun safety isn't off.
(d) That he's heard a noise out in the hallway.

5. Who is in Marlowe's office building when he returns there?
(a) Cleaning women.
(b) The police.
(c) Miss Fromsett.
(d) Kingsley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dobbs doing in two weeks?

2. What time do Degarmo and Marlowe arrive at Miss Fromsett's apartment building, according to the clerk's wristwatch?

3. What does Patton say he would have done, if he'd thought of the idea that the body in the lake might have been Crystal Kingsley instead of Muriel Chess?

4. What does Patton do, when he admits to Degarmo that he knew the woman in the photo Degarmo showed around town and didn't tell him?

5. How long does Mrs. Talley say she has been sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Webber do, when Marlowe tells him about being threatened by Degarmo?

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

3. How does Degarmo act toward the sentries at the dam on the way to the cabin?

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

5. Who does Marlowe call to verify where Kingsley has gone, once he guesses where it is?

6. How does Marlowe get out of the apartment at the Granada?

7. What important information does Marlowe gain from Captain Webber?

8. According to Marlowe, why did Muriel Chess have an affair with Lavery?

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

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

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