The Maltese Falcon Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Maltese Falcon? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who says to Spade that, "You always think you know what you're doing, but you're too slick for your own good, and some day you're going to find out"?


Effie
Brigid
Iva
Spade said it to himself
Q. Which character declares in all earnestness that, "I distrust a closemouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice"?


Tom Polhaus
Casper Gutman
Luke
Spade
Q. Which character smiles ruefully, while saying to Effie, "I'm damned if I know why, sister"?


Cairo
Effie's brother
Spade
Dundy
Q. Which character tries to scare Spade by saying that, "there are other means of persuasion besides killing and threatening to kill"?


Wilmer
The butler
Cairo
Gutman
Q. Who says in a childish voice that, "I am a liar. I have always been a liar"?


Brigid
Pinocchio
Iva
Cairo