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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 Chick say Magoon is?
(a) A rat informer
(b) A pimp
(c) A hollow souled son of a gun
(d) Vice squad bimbo

2. What does Eileen say Roger will be doing by the afternoon?
(a) Working
(b) Drinking
(c) Singing
(d) Driving

3. What does Marlowe think Roger needs?
(a) Time in the countryside
(b) A doctor
(c) A good rest
(d) A mistress

4. Why does Candy demand Marlowe give him money?
(a) To buy medicine for Roger
(b) To keep silent
(c) To replace the alcohol
(d) To take a woman out

5. What does George Peters say he will do for 300 bucks?
(a) Marry Eileen
(b) Sign a false statement
(c) Walk naked through Harlem
(d) Check Terry's military record

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlowe tell Menendez?

2. Who did Roger think was trying to kill him?

3. What does Ashterfelt claim Lennox was wearing in New York?

4. What is the woman next door trying to poison?

5. What does Marlowe say is the only thing that keeps him in business?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marlowe think Eileen and Roger are wresting over a gun in the sixth section?

2. What does Spencer think about the case in Section 8?

3. What new evidence does Roy Ashterfelt give Marlowe in Section 7?

4. What does Roger say to Marlowe at the party in section 5?

5. What does Roger say about killing a man in Section 6?

6. What do Marlowe and Eileen say to each other before Marlowe leaves the house?

7. What does Roger tell Marlowe about Terry in Section 7?

8. What dilemma does Eileen pose for Marlowe in section six?

9. Who does Eileen say she was in love with when she was younger?

10. What does Marlowe say about private investigators in Section 5?

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