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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 Marlowe eat at the beginning of Chapter 28?
(a) A large breakfast of boiled eggs, toast, and coffee.
(b) Apple pie and ice cream.
(c) A ham and swiss cheese sandwich.
(d) A steak and baked potato with a salad.

2. Who pulls a gun on Marlowe in Chapter 39?
(a) Jules Amthor.
(b) Mrs. Grayle.
(c) Anne Riordan.
(d) Moose Malloy.

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

4. Who tries to talk Marlowe into returning to his room in Chapter 27?
(a) Second Planting.
(b) Dr. Sonderborg.
(c) Moose Malloy.
(d) Jules Amthor.

5. Who tells Lieutenant Randall about Sam Montgomery's murder at Florian's?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Anne Riordan.
(c) Lieutenant Nulty.
(d) Chief Wax.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Marlowe demand to see inside the Montecito?

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

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

4. Which of the following statements does not describe what Marlowe sees inside the Montecito?

5. What kind of car does Second Planting drive at the beginning of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Raymond Chandler saying about American literature through Marlowe's references to Hemingway in Chapter 24?

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

3. In Chapter 36, what information does Red give Marlowe about Laird Burnette, and what is the significance of the information to Marlowe's investigation?

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

5. Discuss Marlowe's encounter with Dr. Sonderborg in Chapter 27 and what it indicates about Dr. Sonderborg's legitimacy as a physician.

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

7. Describe Marlowe's interactions with the hot dog vendor in Chapter 34 and what information Marlowe hopes to obtain from the vendor.

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

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. What evidence implicates Moose Malloy in Jessie Florian's murder?

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