Chapter 2 Overview

Question 1

What happens at the beginning of the story?

Answer 1

• spade is in his office as the telephone rings.
• Someone is dead and he says that he’ll be there in 15
  minutes.
• rolls a cigarette, gets dress, takes a cab to Bush Street

Question 2

What does spade find as he walking through the dark Alleyway?

Answer 2

• 10 ft high fence that has been torn down and dangling off a
  steel slope.
• 15 ft down the slope lies the body of Miles Archer.

Question 3

Who is Tom Polhaus?

Answer 3

The sergeant

Question 4

What does Tom Polhaus explain to Spade?

Answer 4

• Explains what he knows so far about the situation
  
  • archer was shot 8 times
  • weapon was a .38 caliber Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver

Question 5

What was the conversation between Tom and Spade?

Answer 5

• tom:Whether Archer was out on the job.

- spade:He was tailing Floyd

Question 6

What happens after Tom and Spades conversation?

Answer 6

Effie has to break the news to Iva.

Question 7

What happens late at night at 4:00 am after the discovery of the murder?

Answer 7

• Tom and Lieutenant Dundy came to inform that Thursby was
  also killed.
• spade is a suspect