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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Easy note Mr. Albright is wearing when he arrives at his office in Chapter 3?
(a) A gun and holster.
(b) A black leather jacket.
(c) A red Panama hat.
(d) A pair of old suspenders.

2. Mr. Albright asks for Easy’s help in locating whom in Chapter 3?
(a) Mr. Ling.
(b) Mrs. Guitierra.
(c) Daphne Monet.
(d) Barbara Moskowitz.

3. DeWitt Albright is said to be a former lawyer from where?
(a) Maine.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Georgia.

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

5. Junior and Easy discuss which mayoral candidate who suddenly dropped from the race in Chapter 4?
(a) Richard McGee.
(b) Benny Giacomo.
(c) Matthew Teran.
(d) Huey Barnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of home is Daphne said to live in, in Chapter 13?

2. Easy attempts to give money to Daphne for what in Chapter 13?

3. Most the customers at Joppy’s bar work in what profession?

4. Easy drives Daphne to a small A-frame house above what neighborhood in Chapter 13?

5. The entrance to John’s Place is through the back wall of what establishment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the primary setting of Devil in a Blue Dress? How does the author depict this setting?

2. How are the two policemen described that Easy encounters in Chapter 10?

3. What is represented through the animal imagery in Chapter 10?

4. What does Easy’s “inner voice” advise him to do in Chapter 14?

5. Who does Easy meet with in Chapter 9? What happens during this meeting?

6. What are Easy’s initial impressions of Matthew Teran in Chapter 11?

7. How does Daphne’s persona change at the end of Chapter 13? Where does she go?

8. What led Easy to volunteer for combat in the flashback in Chapter 14? How does he describe this choice?

9. What conflict takes place at the Santa Monica pier in Chapter 8?

10. How does Easy respond to Mouse’s murder in the flashback in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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