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Summer Reading Test Flashcards

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Who decides to follow Floyd Thursby? Why?

A

Miles archer and he was hired by Brigit O’Shaughnessy

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Who is Miles Archer? Describe.

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Associate of Sam Spade and gets murdered in the beginning of chapter 2, stalky looking.

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

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He finds out Miles is dead and to deliver the news to his wife

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Describe Lt. Dundy’s demeanor.

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Strict, hardheaded, serious,tough, aggressive, observative and he doesn’t care for what Sam does

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Whom does Mrs. Archer suspect killed her husband?

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She suspects Sam and she hoped he killed her because they 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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She was home but she was pretending she was asleep.

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

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Brigit O’Shaughnessy and her other alias and Leblanc

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Who is Sid Wise?

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Sam’s Lawyer

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

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The falcon and 5 thousand dollars

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

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He points it at him again and searchers Sam’s 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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He said it was a joke.

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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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He says the youth is outside and convinces her to stay.

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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 says he went out to get breakfast when he was actually at her apartment searching for the falcon.

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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 curses at him and is very aggressive

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Who shot Thursby? Miles?

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Brigit O’Shaughnessy shot Thursby and Miles was shot by Thursby

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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 was bruised all over his face

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Why was the falcon painted black?

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It was to hide that it was made out of Gold.

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

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Her cousin who was a professor at the university

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

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Information about the ships arrival time

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20
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At lunch, what does Sam find out from Polhaus about Thursby’s Chicago background?

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He used to be a bodyguard for the mob

21
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Since when has Gutman been looking for the falcon?

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17 years

22
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Who is Wilmer?

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The young kid hired to stalk Brigit and Spade AKA youth

23
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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 take the fall

24
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Why does Sam ask Brigid to take off her clothes?

A

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

25
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Who brings the falcon to the apartment?

A

Effie

26
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Whom does Brigid say tricked them with a fake falcon?

A

A Russian man named Kemidov

27
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What point of view was the novel written in?

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3rd person

28
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Why does the narrator go to the Nirdlinger’s at the opening of the novel?

A

He was trying to renew the insurance of a client.

29
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What does the narrator nickname the Nirdlinger house?

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House of death

30
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What department is Keyes head of?

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He was the head of claims

31
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What do the narrator and Mrs. Nirdlinger drink together when the narrator goes to visit?

A

Tea

32
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What is Mrs. Nirdlinger’s name?

A

Phyllis

33
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How did Mrs. Nirdlinger think of killing her husband initially?

A

Drown in the pool

34
Q

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

A

He meets her bf Nino Sachetti and they are not suppose to see each other so they meet in secret

35
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What does Sachetti put down as collateral for his loan?

A

His blue coop

36
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Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger tell the narrator that the Palo Alto trip is off?

A

Her husband has broken his leg.

37
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How does Mr. Nirdlinger die?

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Walter snaps his neck in the car.

38
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How does the narrator get to the train station?

A

He pretends to be Mr. Nirdlinger

39
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How does the narrator get rid of the guy standing at the back of the train?

A

He ask if the guy can get him his ticket that he left behind

40
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Why does Mrs. Nirdlinger take so long to meet the narrator at the train tracks?

A

She has to carry and drag the body to the train tracks

41
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What’s Norton’s theory about Mr. Nirdlinger’s death?

A

Suicide

42
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What is Keyes’ theory about Mr. Nirdlinger’s death?

A

Murder

43
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What does the expression “on the up-and-up” mean?

A

It means the facts are straight, things are like they should be

44
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Recount the death of Lola’s mother.

A

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

45
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What did Lola catch Mrs. Nirdlinger ordering before her husband’s death?

A

A black dress

46
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Where is Mrs. Nirdlinger supposed to meet the narrator at night?

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At the hill in the park

47
Q

What is “Gun Play”?

A

The title of the play that Walter was going to see before the murder

48
Q

What “saved” the narrator from the gunshot?

A

A very thick piece of paper folded up in his pocket

49
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How did Mrs. Nirdlinger affect Sachetti’s father?

A

Sachetti’s father owns the hospital where 3 babies related to Nlidinger died of pneumonia

50
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Whom does the narrator see on the ship at the end?

A

Phyllis

51
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What point of view was the novel written in?

A

First

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