1. Sam Spade, the protagonist in The Maltese Falcon, is said to be the prototype for all fictional hard-boiled private detectives who followed. In how many novels did Spade
appear? (a) one (b) two (c) five (d) eight (e) eighty-two Circle the correct answer.
2. Who killed Miles Archer?
3. Who killed Floyd Thursby?
4. Who killed Casper Gutman?
5. Who killed Captain Jacobi?
6. Spade?s loyal secretary was (circle the correct answer) : (a) Geary Street (b) Rhea
Gutman (c) Brigid O?Shaughnessy (d) Effie Perine (e) Miss Leblanc
7. Who used Thursby?s eight-shot, .38 caliber Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver to kill Sam Spade?s partner?
8. Near the story?s end, for what purpose was Wilmer Cook to be used by Sam Spade,
Joel Cairo, and Casper Gutman??
9. Who set the steamship LaPaloma on fire?
10. What was Miss Wonderly?s real name?
appear? (a) one (b) two (c) five (d) eight (e) eighty-two Circle the correct answer.
2. Who killed Miles Archer?
3. Who killed Floyd Thursby?
4. Who killed Casper Gutman?
5. Who killed Captain Jacobi?
6. Spade?s loyal secretary was (circle the correct answer) : (a) Geary Street (b) Rhea
Gutman (c) Brigid O?Shaughnessy (d) Effie Perine (e) Miss Leblanc
7. Who used Thursby?s eight-shot, .38 caliber Webley-Fosbery automatic revolver to kill Sam Spade?s partner?
8. Near the story?s end, for what purpose was Wilmer Cook to be used by Sam Spade,
Joel Cairo, and Casper Gutman??
9. Who set the steamship LaPaloma on fire?
10. What was Miss Wonderly?s real name?
