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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman at the bungalow in Westmore Street assume Marlowe is there for?
(a) To tell her where Talley is.
(b) To collect an unpaid bill.
(c) To involve Talley in a crime.
(d) To arrest Talley.

2. Who is in Marlowe's office building when he returns there?
(a) Kingsley.
(b) Miss Fromsett.
(c) Cleaning women.
(d) The police.

3. How was Mrs. Kingsley killed?
(a) She was shot.
(b) She was strangled.
(c) She was stabbed.
(d) She was hit with a bottle.

4. When Degarmo notices Marlowe is limping, what does he ask?
(a) If Marlowe tripped over something.
(b) If Marlowe slept wrong.
(c) If Marlowe had an accident.
(d) If Marlowe got into a fight.

5. How do Marlowe and Degarmo leave the murder scene?
(a) In Marlowe's car.
(b) In a police squad car.
(c) In a taxi.
(d) In Degarmo's unmarked car.

6. Why does Cooney want to beat up Marlowe, after Dobbs tells him to stop?
(a) Marlowe hit him in the face and made his nose bleed.
(b) Marlowe spit at him.
(c) Marlowe insulted him.
(d) Marlowe hit him in his sore knee, where he'd once been shot.

7. Where does Marlowe say Patton could look for evidence that Degarmo is the killer?
(a) On the butt of Degarmo's gun.
(b) On Degarmo's chest.
(c) Under the fingernails of Degarmo's right hand.
(d) On the back of Degarmo's neck.

8. What does Patton do, when he admits to Degarmo that he knew the woman in the photo Degarmo showed around town and didn't tell him?
(a) He says he would do the same thing again.
(b) He blamed Degarmo.
(c) He apologizes.
(d) He accuses Degarmo of deception.

9. Who calls Sheriff Patton's office to tell them where Degarmo is?
(a) A reporter from the local paper.
(b) A cop from San Bernardino.
(c) One of the cabin owners up at the lake.
(d) The sergeant in charge of the Puma Lake dam sentries.

10. What is in the window of the gift shop next to the Peacock Lounge?
(a) Jeweled decorative boxes.
(b) Small crystal animals.
(c) Gaudy gloves and hats.
(d) Expensive gold jewelry.

11. Where does Marlowe suggest Muriel Chess drowned Crystal Kingsley?
(a) In the Kingsley's bathtub.
(b) In the lake.
(c) In a washtub outside the cabin.
(d) In the Chess's bathtub.

12. What time do Degarmo and Marlowe arrive at Miss Fromsett's apartment building, according to the clerk's wristwatch?
(a) Two fourty-six in the morning.
(b) Three fifty-four in the morning.
(c) Three seventeen in the morning.
(d) Four twenty-three in the morning.

13. What does Degarmo say when Marlowe asks if he should keep their previous meeting private?
(a) He says the captain already knows.
(b) He says Marlowe can talk about it all he likes.
(c) He says Marlowe better keep his mouth shut.
(d) He says they never met before.

14. According to Marlowe, did Muriel Chess expect to meet Lavery in San Bernardino?
(a) Yes, he suggested it.
(b) No, she was happy about it.
(c) No, it was a problem.
(d) Yes, she arranged it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Graysons suspect Dr. Almore of having an affair with?

2. What does Marlowe believe Almore saw?

3. What does Miss Fromsett say when Degarmo and Marlowe ask her where Kingsley is?

4. What does Marlowe say Patton should do, when Degarmo wants to leave?

5. What does Patton say he would have done, if he'd thought of the idea that the body in the lake might have been Crystal Kingsley instead of Muriel Chess?

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