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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Mouse’s son that he mentions in his letter in Chapter 7?
(a) Shariff.
(b) Dupree.
(c) LaMarque.
(d) Darcel.

3. Easy Rawlins expresses pride in owning what in the novel?
(a) A ranch.
(b) A car.
(c) A dry cleaners.
(d) A home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Easy tells Junior in Chapter 4 that he was fired from Champion for what reason?

2. In what war did Easy Rawlins fight?

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

4. What is the name of the teenage girl that approaches Easy in Santa Monica in Chapter 8?

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

(see the answer key)

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