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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. Where is Cairo from?
(a) France
(b) Egypt
(c) Nigeria
(d) Germany

2. What does Brigid confirm about Cairo?
(a) That he is a fraudster
(b) That he is a Levantine
(c) That he cannot shoot
(d) That he is a homosexual

3. What does Spade do immediately after the call?
(a) Leaves the house
(b) Phones the police
(c) Rolls a cigarette
(d) Pours a beer

4. Why is this chapter called the Levantine?
(a) Spade wants to be a Levantine
(b) Cairo is from Levant
(c) Cairo looks like a Levantine
(d) The statue is situated in Levant

5. Who does Iva suggest killed Miles?
(a) Floyd Thursby
(b) Miss Wonderly
(c) Sam Spade
(d) Herself

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the undersized shadow?

2. What does Spade want Brigid to tell him a story about?

3. What does Spade tell the police the whole situation is?

4. What is the name of the Russian?

5. What color does Spade say Brigid's eyes are in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Spade react to Miss Wonderly's presence?

2. How does Spade react to Brigid not being able to afford his services?

3. What message does Miss Wonderly leave for Spade in the second chapter?

4. What was Brigid's relationship with Thursby?

5. What does Spade say Brigid, Cairo and Gutman do aboard the La Paloma?

6. What is Spade's excuse for Cairo and Brigid's behavior at the beginning of the eighth chapter?

7. What does Spade work out about Miss Wonderly in the second chapter?

8. What plan do Spade and Archer make in the first chapter?

9. What are the district attorney's theories about who the killer is?

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

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