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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 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) Two fourty-six in the morning.
(c) Four twenty-three in the morning.
(d) Three fifty-four in the morning.

2. Is Marlowe charged with a crime?
(a) No, because Webber intervenes before the papers are filed.
(b) Yes, but the paperwork gets "lost."
(c) No, he is never officially booked.
(d) Yes, but the charges are dropped after he talks with Webber.

3. Who does Marlowe believe Muriel Chess, a.k.a. Mildred Haviland, wrote to for money?
(a) Dr. Almore.
(b) Lavery.
(c) Degarmo.
(d) Mrs. Kingsley.

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

5. What does Marlowe say Patton should do, when Degarmo wants to leave?
(a) Take his gun away.
(b) Arrest him.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Let him go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Webber think of the investigation of Mrs. Almore's death?

2. Where is Mrs. Kingsley's body, when Marlowe awakes?

3. What does Marlowe do when Webber asks him to promise to keep what he's told Marlowe quiet?

4. What does Marlowe tell Mrs. Kingsley to distract her and make her move?

5. What reason does Degarmo give for wanting to solve the murder case?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the desk sergeant annoy Degarmo?

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

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

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

7. After Patton shoots at Degarmo, what does Degarmo do?

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

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

10. What does Degarmo do when Patton makes it clear that he can't let Degarmo go?

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