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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marlowe regains consciousness in Chapter 25, where does he find himself?
(a) In the back of a Bay City policeman's car.
(b) In a sanitarium.
(c) In Jules Amthor's basement.
(d) In a hospital.

2. What does Marlowe prefer to do rather than go with Anne Riordan at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Go to the doctor for his head injury.
(b) Go home to sleep.
(c) Search for Marlowe's killers.
(d) Go by himself to the police station.

3. What does Jessie Florian say has happened to Velma?
(a) She says Velma is in a mental institution.
(b) She says Velma's dead.
(c) She says Velma is in the hospital with tuberculosis.
(d) She says Velma's married.

4. What does Jessie Florian try to hide from Marlowe in Chapter 5 until Marlowe pulls it out of the trunk in her bedroom?
(a) A letter with Velma's current address on it.
(b) A photo of a woman Marlowe believes is Velma Valento.
(c) A letter revealing who framed Malloy for the bank robbery.
(d) The gun Malloy used to shoot Mr. Montgomery.

5. When Marlowe regains consciousness in Chapter 23, how many people are with him?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason has Marlowe been fired from a job in the past?

2. Which of the following statements does not describe Lindsay Marriott?

3. After Malloy flees the murder scene, who phones the police to report the murder Malloy has just committed?

4. Who carries a trust deed on Jessie Florian's home at 1644 West 54th Place?

5. How old is Anne Riordan?

(see the answer key)

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