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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where at the Santa Monica pier has Easy agreed to meet Mr. Albright in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The merry-go-round.
(b) The movie theatre.
(c) The bait shop.
(d) The coffee shop.

2. What kind of home is Daphne said to live in, in Chapter 13?
(a) A houseboat.
(b) A mansion.
(c) A duplex.
(d) A trailer.

3. Easy helps Coretta take who back to her place in Chapter 6?
(a) Richard.
(b) Ernest.
(c) Dupree.
(d) Ricardo.

4. The woman who charges entrance to John’s Place tells Easy in Chapter 4 that who played there last week?
(a) Ellington.
(b) Hendrix.
(c) King.
(d) Holiday.

5. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as dark-skinned, like an East Indian, in Chapter 3?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Manny.
(c) Shariff.
(d) Zeppo.

6. When Easy returns home in Chapter 10, he notices what vehicle parked outside his house?
(a) A white Lincoln.
(b) A blue Mercedes.
(c) A green Jeep.
(d) A black Ford.

7. Which of the two policemen that approach Easy in Chapter 10 is described as “my height and three times my girth”?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Miller.
(c) Mason.
(d) Moore.

8. How has Daphne’s friend been murdered, according to the evidence found in Chapter 13?
(a) He was hung.
(b) He was drugged.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was stabbed.

9. What color hair is Mr. Albright said to have in the novel?
(a) Steel grey.
(b) Strawberry blond.
(c) Chestnut brown.
(d) Midnight black.

10. Mr. Albright’s car is described as what in Chapter 8?
(a) A blue Mercedes.
(b) A brown Jeep.
(c) A black Lincoln.
(d) A white Cadillac.

11. How much money does Mr. Albright give to Easy in Chapter 15?
(a) $40.
(b) $100.
(c) $240.
(d) $175.

12. The boy that Matthew Teran keeps is described as being from where in Chapter 11?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) China.

13. When Mr. Albright appears at the Santa Monica pier, he tells the teenage boys badgering Easy that he’ll do what to them?
(a) Cut off their fingers.
(b) Run them over with his truck.
(c) Shoot off their testicles.
(d) Hang them from a tree.

14. Easy Rawlins expresses pride in owning what in the novel?
(a) A home.
(b) A car.
(c) A dry cleaners.
(d) A ranch.

15. How much money did Mouse give to Easy for driving him to his stepfather’s to collect his inheritance?
(a) $300.
(b) $750.
(c) $50.
(d) $150.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mr. Albright made for himself to drink while waiting for Easy to arrive at home in Chapter 15?

2. Where is John’s Place said to be located in Chapter 4?

3. Who is with Mr. Albright at Easy’s home when he arrives in Chapter 15?

4. What dead creature does Easy notice in the interrogation room at the police station in Chapter 10?

5. Junior and Easy discuss which mayoral candidate who suddenly dropped from the race in Chapter 4?

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