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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. Who is John Wax?
(a) The New York police chief.
(b) The LA police commissioner.
(c) The Bay City police chief.
(d) The mayor of Bay City.

2. According to Jules Amthor, who is a natural medium?
(a) Second Planting.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Lindsay Marriott.
(d) Mrs. Amthor.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where does Marlowe find the money that is missing from his wallet?
(a) In his attendant's pockets.
(b) In the drawer of his night stand.
(c) In a wall safe in his room.
(d) Under his mattress.

4. Who shoots Moose Malloy in Chapter 39?
(a) Mrs. Grayle.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty.
(d) Jules Amthor.

5. Which police officer does Marlowe tell John Wax he wants to use as muscle?
(a) Lieutenant Nulty.
(b) Captain Blane.
(c) Sergeant Galbraith.
(d) Lieutenant Randall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jessie Florian murdered?

2. Where is Little Velma found in Chapter 41?

3. What is the Montecito?

4. Who is the beak-nosed man who questions Marlowe about Red in Chapter 35?

5. Who accompanies Marlowe when he visits Mrs. Morrison in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence is there in Chapter 21 that Jules Amthor is a fraud?

2. In Chapter 41, why does Marlowe think Mrs. Grayle has done her much-older husband a favor by dying the way she does?

3. In Chapter 33, what explanation does Sergeant Galbraith give for putting Marlowe into Sonderborg's hospital?

4. Who does Marlowe see reading a newspaper in Chapter 26, and what does this person's presence indicate about Amthor and the two policemen who escorted Marlowe out of Amthor's house?

5. What does the fact that the two rough-looking characters tending to Marlowe in Chapter 23 and 24 are policeman indicate about the Bay City police force?

6. What reasons does Sergeant Galbraith give Marlowe in Chapter 33 for police corruption?

7. Where is Moose Malloy's murderer eventually found, and what is her ultimate fate in the novel?

8. In Chapter 25, what evidence indicates to Marlowe that he has been drugged?

9. What does the fact that Marlowe goes to Anne Riordan's home after he escapes form Dr. Sonderborg's sanitarium indicate about his relationship with Anne?

10. Explain how Red manages to get Marlowe onto the Montecito in Chapter 37.

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