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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Easy feels nervous about getting involved with Albright, because the white man reminds him of whom?
(a) Shariff.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Joppy.
(d) Manny.

2. In what neighborhood of Los Angeles does most of the action in Devil in a Blue Dress take place?
(a) Lennox.
(b) La Verne.
(c) Watts.
(d) Elysian Park.

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

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

5. What is the name of the woman who charges entrance to John’s Place in Chapter 4?
(a) Coretta.
(b) Lucinda.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Hattie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Junior Fornay from originally?

2. What is Joppy’s last name?

3. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as dark-skinned, like an East Indian, in Chapter 3?

4. What kind of liquor does Mr. Albright keep a bottle of on his desk?

5. Easy Rawlins expresses pride in owning what in the novel?

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