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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. In what city does the story take place?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Los Angeles
(d) San Francisco

2. Whose house does Spade recommend Brigid stays at?
(a) His own
(b) Effie's
(c) Iva's
(d) G's

3. What does Spade want Brigid to tell him a story about?
(a) Cairo
(b) Her life
(c) Her affair with Thursby
(d) The falcon

4. Where does Brigid say Cairo had the young man in the shadows?
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Cairo
(d) Constantinople

5. What is the name of the Russian?
(a) Kemidov
(b) Tolstoy
(c) Khruschev
(d) Hermidov

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the undersized shadow?

2. Where does Spade go to next?

3. What city is the man from in Spade's story?

4. Whose apartment does Spade arrive at at the beginning of this chapter?

5. What is the name of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Brigid's relationship with Thursby?

2. How are Spade suspicions about Cairo's sexual orientation confirmed by Brigid?

3. In what way does Cairo turn the tables on Spade in the fifth chapter?

4. In what way does Spade choose loyalty over Brigid in the final chapter?

5. What does Sid Wise reveal about Iva in the twelfth chapter?

6. What does Brigid tell Spade about her part in the falcon in the ninth chapter?

7. Describe the game going on between Brigid and Spade?

8. How does Hammett use characters names to symbolize their function?

9. What do the police see when they enter Spade's apartment in the eighth chapter?

10. Why is the thirteenth chapter titled Paloma?

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