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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirty - Thirty-two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marlowe awakes, what does he reek of?
(a) Gin.
(b) Rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Tequilla.

2. What nationality is the boy who comes into the Peacock Lounge to sell papers?
(a) Irish.
(b) Italian.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Polish.

3. What choice does Marlowe give the woman he meets at the Peacock Lounge?
(a) She must either come with him, or he'll take her by force.
(b) She must talk with either him or the cops.
(c) She must either talk with her husband or get no money.
(d) She must either give herself up, or he'll turn her in.

4. What does Marlowe tell Mrs. Kingsley to distract her and make her move?
(a) That she's too close and the gun safety isn't off.
(b) That her gun is going to misfire.
(c) That he's heard a noise out in the hallway.
(d) That he saw a man moving behind the curtain.

5. What does Marlowe identify as Bill's biggest problem, if he killed Muriel?
(a) Getting rid of Muriel's car.
(b) Explaining Muriel's disappearance to her friends.
(c) Getting rid of any blood evidence in the house.
(d) Getting rid of Muriel's clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the sheriff find Muriel's anklet?

2. Where do Marlowe and Miss Fromsett go to talk privately?

3. How does Marlowe open the window of Bill Chess's cabin?

4. When Marlowe awakes, what does the picture he sees portray?

5. What was the detective who Mrs. Almore's parents hired to investigate her death sent to jail for?

(see the answer key)

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