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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty - Twenty-three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marlowe decide that Almore must know Lavery?
(a) Because of how Almore looks at him.
(b) Because he sees a note from Almore in Lavery's house.
(c) Because their houses look so similar to each other.
(d) Because they have the only two houses on the block.

2. Did anyone tell Muriel about the man who was possibly looking for her, according to Birdie?
(a) Jim Patton did.
(b) Bill Chess did.
(c) Birdie did.
(d) No one Birdie knows of did.

3. Who found Florence Almore's body?
(a) Lou Condy.
(b) Chris Lavery.
(c) Dr. Almore.
(d) Miss Fromsett.

4. How does Marlowe see Almore telephoning?
(a) Almore takes his telephone out on the back porch.
(b) Marlowe takes out a pair of binoculars to look through a crack in the curtains.
(c) Almore has opened his window curtains.
(d) Marlowe sneaks up to the house and looks through the window.

5. Where does the Prescott Hotel bellhop say he's from?
(a) Short Springs, Kentucky.
(b) Amarillo, Texas.
(c) Portland, Oregon.
(d) Rock Cove, Maine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After finding the gold heart, who does Marlowe speculate killed Muriel?

3. When Marlowe returns to Lavery's house to report the murder, what sound does he hear in the quiet house?

4. What is significant about the inscription on the gold heart Marlowe finds?

5. Who does Eddie tell his partner he hasn't called, because he thought homicide would do it?

(see the answer key)

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