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What is the typical hero of film noir?

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he is alienated from conventional society , he works in opposition to the police or is even pursued by the police , and he is often psychologically wounded and morally ambiguous

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What is hard-boiled fiction?

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a tough, unsentimental style of American crime writing that brought a new tone of earthy realism or naturalism to the field of detective fiction.

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Who is Miles Archer? Describe.

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Miles Archer is Sam Spades partner, he is chunky

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Who decides to follow Floyd Thursby? Why?

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Miles follows Floyd because Wonderly says shes would like someone to help her find the man

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Why did Tom Polhaus telephone Sam Spade early in the novel?

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He is a cop who told Spade that Miles was shot

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Describe Lt. Dundy’s demeanor

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Grumpy, suspicious , aggressive and has bad attitude toward Spade

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Whom does Mrs. Archer suspect killed her husband ?

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Spade because she knew that Spade and her were having an affair

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What did the person who went to visit Mrs. Archer the night of her husband’s death notice?

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Effie noticed that her clothes were still warm which meant she had recently been outside

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What is Miss Wonderly’s real name? What is her other alias?

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Miss Wonderly’s real name is Brigade Oshaughnessy and her alias is leblanc

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Who is Sid Wise?

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Spades lawyer

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What is Cairo looking for? What offer does he make Spade?

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He is looking for the black falcon , he offers 5k for the falcon

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What does Cairo do after Sam gives him back the pistol the 1st time?

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searches his office

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How does Sam explain the presence of Brigid and Cairo in his apartment to Dundy and Polhaus?

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they were struggling over the gun and he fell over the carpet and hit his head

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After Cairo, Dundy, and Polhaus leave, how does Sam convince Brigid to stay? What lie does he feed her?

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That the kid was still outside watching the house

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How does Sam explain his absence in the morning while Brigid was sleeping in his apartment?

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He went to get breakfast

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How does the youth act when Sam approaches him in the lobby on the Hotel Belvedere?

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He was aggressive to him

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Who shot Thursby? Miles?

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Wilmer (youth) shot Thursby and Brigade shot Miles

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What ship was the falcon expected to be on ? Who was the captain ?

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La Paloma and Jacoby

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Why is Effie worried when Sam gets to the office after having visited with Gutman and then Wise?

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HE is bruised and Brigade never showed up for her protection

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Why was the falcon painted black?

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to hide all its precious jewels

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Whom does Effie see to verify the history of the falcon ?

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her cousin

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What part of The Call , found in Cairo’s room , is missing ?

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the part with the ship arrival times

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At lunch, what does Sam find out from Polhaus about Thursby’s Chicago background ?

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Thursbys bodyguard was the bodyguard of a gangster Dixie

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Since when has Gutman been looking for the falcon?

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17 years

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Who is Wilmer?

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The youth, the young kid

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What does Sam want with Wilmer in the deal he makes with Gutman?

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He wants wilmer to be the fall guy

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Who brings the falcon to the apartment ?

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Effie

27
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Whom does Brigid say tricked them with a fake falcon ?

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Kimidolf

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What point of view was was the novel written in?

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3rd person omniscient

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Who is the author ?

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Dashiel Hammet

30
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Why does the narrator go to Nirdlinger’s at the opening of the novel ?

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to sell insurance and the narrator is Walter Huff

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What does the narrator nickname the Nirdlinger House ?

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the house of death

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What department is Keyes the head of ?

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Claims

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What do the narrator and Mrs. Nirdlinger drink toogether when the narrator goes to visit?

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tea and the tea party turns to a murder party

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What is Mrs. Nirdlingers name?

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Phyllis

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How did Mrs. Nirdlinger think of killing her husband initially?

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when he was out of his job, fall in the pool

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When the narrator gives lola a ride to the drugstore, who does she meet ? Why are they meeting in secret?

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Neno Sechetti and because her dad banned her from seeing him

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What does sachetti put down as collateral for his loan?

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his car and he is asking for a loan for medical school

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What type of policy does Mrs. Nirdlinger take out on her husband. How does Mr. Nirdlinger sign the papers ?

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Accidental death policy and walter tricks him think that he has to sign 2 copies

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Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger tell the narrator that the Palo Alto trip is off?

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because Mr. Nirdlingers leg broke (the Palo Alto trip is a trip to his class reunion)

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How does Mr. Nirdlinger die?

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Walter snaps his neck with a crutch

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How does the narrator get to the train station?

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Phyllis takes him and he has the same outfit as Mr. Nirdlinger with the crutches to make people think he is Mr. Nirdlinger

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How does the narrator get rid of the guy standing at the back of the train?

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he asks him to get the bag for him

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Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger take so long to meet the narrator at the train tracks?

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because she had to take the body by herself

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Whats nortons theory about Mr. Nirdlingers death?

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suicide

45
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What is keyes theory about Mr. Nirdlingers death?

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murder

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What does the expression “on the up and up” mean?

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that everything’s alright

47
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Recount the death of Lolas mother

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Lola took forever to take her mother to the hospital and she got herself sick and basically got her mom killed

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What does lola catch Mrs. Nirdlinger ordering before her husbands death?

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a black dress

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Where is Mrs. Nirdlinger supposed to meet the narrator at night?

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near the park in front of the drugstore

50
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What is “Gun Play”?

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the play Walter goes to as an alibi

51
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What “saved” the narrator from the gunshot?

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the program from the play ,” “Gun Play” the play saved him”

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How did Mrs. Nirdlinger affect Sachettis father ?

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She ruined his life because she was a nurse at this hospital, and all of a sudden patients started dying in his hospital and she was killing innocent people to collect money

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Whom does the narrator see on the ship at the end?

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Phyllis and the decide to jump of the boat into the shark infested water (suicide)

54
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What point of view is this novel written in? (Double Indemnity)

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First person

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