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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. Does Marlowe think Mrs. Almore was alive when she was brought to the garage?
(a) No, he thinks she had been gassed upstairs.
(b) Yes, he thinks she was awake.
(c) Yes, he thinks she was in a morphine coma.
(d) No, he thinks she had been poisoned.

2. Why does Cooney want to beat up Marlowe, after Dobbs tells him to stop?
(a) Marlowe spit at him.
(b) Marlowe hit him in the face and made his nose bleed.
(c) Marlowe hit him in his sore knee, where he'd once been shot.
(d) Marlowe insulted him.

3. What color is Captain Webber's hair?
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. When Marlowe awakes, what does he reek of?
(a) Gin.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Tequilla.
(d) Rum.

5. How does H.G. Talbot's shirt fit Marlowe?
(a) It is too large.
(b) It fits him perfectly.
(c) It is so small he can't fit his arms in it.
(d) It is a little too tight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Degarmo and Marlowe stop for at Crestline?

2. What does the woman at the bungalow in Westmore Street assume Marlowe is there for?

3. What does Marlowe do when Mrs. Kingsley mentions the scarf he's wearing?

4. Who does Marlowe believe Muriel Chess, a.k.a. Mildred Haviland, wrote to for money?

5. How does Degarmo leave the area of Kingsley's cabin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Dobbs say he's going to charge Marlowe with?

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