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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Easy Rawlins from originally?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Houston, Texas.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

2. Easy notes that Mouse’s letter received in Chapter 7 was postmarked when?
(a) 4 days earlier.
(b) 2 months earlier.
(c) 2 weeks earlier.
(d) 2 days earlier.

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

4. The entrance to John’s Place is through the back wall of what establishment?
(a) A car dealership.
(b) A bowling alley.
(c) A small grocery store.
(d) A laundromat.

5. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as possibly Chinese?
(a) Shariff.
(b) Manny.
(c) Zeppo.
(d) Ernest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where at the Santa Monica pier has Easy agreed to meet Mr. Albright in the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. What is the name of Mouse’s stepfather whom he killed?

3. From which narrative point of view is Devil in a Blue Dress related?

4. Mr. Albright’s car is described as what in Chapter 8?

5. How much money did Mouse take from his stepfather after killing him?

(see the answer key)

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