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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who chokes Marlowe in Chapter 22?
(a) Mrs. Amthor.
(b) Second Planting.
(c) Jules Amthor.
(d) Moose Malloy.

2. How much money do the thieves want as ransom for the stolen item?
(a) Ten thousand dollars.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) Eight thousand dollars.
(d) Eighty thousand dollars.

3. What does Marlowe notice about the person waiting for him upon his return to his office in Chapter 20?
(a) The person's bad smell.
(b) The person's black eye.
(c) The revolver in the person's hand.
(d) The person's bloody face.

4. What rests atop Lindsay Marriott's piano?
(a) A crystal bowl filled with potpourri.
(b) A white porcelain cat.
(c) A silver vase on a strip of peach-colored velvet.
(d) A framed photo of Marriott.

5. Who is Stoyanoffsky?
(a) A policeman investigating the Marriott murder.
(b) A man the police mistake for Moose Malloy and arrest in error.
(c) Jessie Florian's neighbor.
(d) Marlowe's landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Giddy Gertie?

2. Whom does Moose Malloy kill at Florian's?

3. At the end of Chapter 12, who tells Marlowe to leave Marriott's murder investigation to the police?

4. What is the source of the Riordan family money?

5. What do the men escorting Marlowe out of Jules Amthor's house at the beginning of Chapter 24 say Amthor accuses Marlowe of trying to do to him?

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