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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rooms comprise Easy Rawlins’s house?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. What is the name of the quiet, religious man that Easy sits next to at the bar in Chapter 5?
(a) Odell Jones.
(b) Lawrence Wrightsmith.
(c) Huey Barnes.
(d) Vincent LeRoy.

3. From which narrative point of view is Devil in a Blue Dress related?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) Second person.

4. 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.

5. When Easy visits Mr. Albright’s office in Chapter 3, he is initially flustered by the security guard he first encounters because he is what?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Hispanic.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Albright asks for Easy’s help in locating whom in Chapter 3?

2. How much money does a white man offer to Easy to help him get into John’s Place in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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