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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 is Linda Loring drinking at the bar?
(a) Hamlets
(b) London Pride
(c) Gimlets
(d) Budvar

2. What is the woman next door trying to poison?
(a) A cat
(b) A turtle
(c) A child
(d) A dog

3. Where does Marlowe fall asleep?
(a) The living room
(b) The study
(c) Eileen's bedroom
(d) The dining room

4. What does the coroner rule Eileen's death as?
(a) Suicide
(b) Accidental death
(c) Murder
(d) An act of idiocy

5. What alcoholic beverage does Roger drink?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Vodka
(c) Gin
(d) Sherry

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bar Marlowe visits in this section?

2. How does Marlowe describe Big Willie Magoon?

3. What does Candy say is the only thing he drinks?

4. What does Dr. Loring tell Roger to do?

5. Who does Roger not deny he was having an affair with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marlowe prove Candy to be a liar in Section 7?

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

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

4. Why does Marlowe think Eileen is lying about the insignia?

5. How does Marlowe react to Roger's death?

6. What does Mendez tell Marlowe in Section 8?

7. What happens to Roger a week after the cocktail party?

8. How does Ohls think Roger was killed?

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

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

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