Summer Reading Test Flashcards
Who decides to follow Floyd Thursby? Why?
Miles archer and he was hired by Brigit O’Shaughnessy
Who is Miles Archer? Describe.
Associate of Sam Spade and gets murdered in the beginning of chapter 2, stalky looking.
Why did Tom Polhaus telephone Sam Spade early in the story?
He finds out Miles is dead and to deliver the news to his wife
Describe Lt. Dundy’s demeanor.
Strict, hardheaded, serious,tough, aggressive, observative and he doesn’t care for what Sam does
Whom does Mrs. Archer suspect killed her husband?
She suspects Sam and she hoped he killed her because they were having an affair.
What did the person who went to visit Mrs. Archer the night of her husband’s death notice?
She was home but she was pretending she was asleep.
What is Miss Wonderly’s real name? What is her other alias?
Brigit O’Shaughnessy and her other alias and Leblanc
Who is Sid Wise?
Sam’s Lawyer
What is Cairo looking for? What offer does he make Spade?
The falcon and 5 thousand dollars
What does Cairo do after Sam gives him back the pistol the 1st time?
He points it at him again and searchers Sam’s office.
How does Sam explain the presence of Brigid and Cairo in his apartment to Dundy and Polhaus?
He said it was a joke.
After Cairo, Dundy, and Polhaus leave, how does Sam convince Brigid to stay? What lie does he feed her?
He says the youth is outside and convinces her to stay.
How does Sam explain his absence in the morning while Brigid was sleeping in his apartment?
He says he went out to get breakfast when he was actually at her apartment searching for the falcon.
How does the youth act when Sam approaches him in the lobby on the Hotel Belvedere?
He curses at him and is very aggressive
Who shot Thursby? Miles?
Brigit O’Shaughnessy shot Thursby and Miles was shot by Thursby
What ship was the falcon expected to be on? Who was the captain?
La Paloma and Jacoby
Why is Effie worried when Sam gets to the office after having visited with Gutman and then Wise?
He was bruised all over his face
Why was the falcon painted black?
It was to hide that it was made out of Gold.
Whom does Effie see to verify the history of the falcon?
Her cousin who was a professor at the university
What part of The Call, found in Cairo’s room, is missing?
Information about the ships arrival time
At lunch, what does Sam find out from Polhaus about Thursby’s Chicago background?
He used to be a bodyguard for the mob
Since when has Gutman been looking for the falcon?
17 years
Who is Wilmer?
The young kid hired to stalk Brigit and Spade AKA youth
What does Sam want with Wilmer in the deal he makes with Gutman?
He wants Wilmer to take the fall
Why does Sam ask Brigid to take off her clothes?
There was a 1000 dollars missing and he wants to prove to Gutman that the fact that him having an affair doesn’t make her different
Who brings the falcon to the apartment?
Effie
Whom does Brigid say tricked them with a fake falcon?
A Russian man named Kemidov
What point of view was the novel written in?
3rd person
Why does the narrator go to the Nirdlinger’s at the opening of the novel?
He was trying to renew the insurance of a client.
What does the narrator nickname the Nirdlinger house?
House of death
What department is Keyes head of?
He was the head of claims
What do the narrator and Mrs. Nirdlinger drink together when the narrator goes to visit?
Tea
What is Mrs. Nirdlinger’s name?
Phyllis
How did Mrs. Nirdlinger think of killing her husband initially?
Drown in the pool
When the narrator gives Lola a ride to the drugstore, who does she meet? Why are they meeting in secret?
He meets her bf Nino Sachetti and they are not suppose to see each other so they meet in secret
What does Sachetti put down as collateral for his loan?
His blue coop
Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger tell the narrator that the Palo Alto trip is off?
Her husband has broken his leg.
How does Mr. Nirdlinger die?
Walter snaps his neck in the car.
How does the narrator get to the train station?
He pretends to be Mr. Nirdlinger
How does the narrator get rid of the guy standing at the back of the train?
He ask if the guy can get him his ticket that he left behind
Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger take so long to meet the narrator at the train tracks?
She has to carry and drag the body to the train tracks
What’s Norton’s theory about Mr. Nirdlinger’s death?
Suicide
What is Keyes’ theory about Mr. Nirdlinger’s death?
Murder
What does the expression “on the up-and-up” mean?
It means the facts are straight, things are like they should be
Recount the death of Lola’s mother.
Pneumonia and Phyllis went to go get help but instead of skating through the lake she went around slowly because she wanted her to die
What did Lola catch Mrs. Nirdlinger ordering before her husband’s death?
A black dress
Where is Mrs. Nirdlinger supposed to meet the narrator at night?
At the hill in the park
What is “Gun Play”?
The title of the play that Walter was going to see before the murder
What “saved” the narrator from the gunshot?
A very thick piece of paper folded up in his pocket
How did Mrs. Nirdlinger affect Sachetti’s father?
Sachetti’s father owns the hospital where 3 babies related to Nlidinger died of pneumonia
Whom does the narrator see on the ship at the end?
Phyllis
What point of view was the novel written in?
First
