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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 much money does a white man offer to Easy to help him get into John’s Place in Chapter 4?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $35.
(d) $20.

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

3. Where is John’s Place said to be located in Chapter 4?
(a) Waterfront Boulevard and Twenty-fourth.
(b) Mitchell and Second.
(c) Central Avenue and Eighty-ninth Place.
(d) Skyler and Eighty-third.

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

5. In what war did Easy Rawlins fight?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what neighborhood of Los Angeles does most of the action in Devil in a Blue Dress take place?

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

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. What does Easy note Mr. Albright is wearing when he arrives at his office in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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