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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Joppy.
(c) Manny.
(d) Mouse.

2. What kind of vehicle pulls up beside Easy as he walks to John’s Place in the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) A black Cadillac.
(b) A white Jaguar.
(c) A red Ford.
(d) A green Mercedes.

3. DeWitt Albright is said to be a former lawyer from where?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Maine.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Nebraska.

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

5. Which of the two policemen that approach Easy in Chapter 10 is described as “tall and skinny”?
(a) Moore.
(b) Mason.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Miller.

6. What has Mr. Albright made for himself to drink while waiting for Easy to arrive at home in Chapter 15?
(a) A pot of tea.
(b) A glass of lemonade.
(c) A pot of coffee.
(d) A whiskey sour.

7. What kind of liquor does Mr. Albright keep a bottle of on his desk?
(a) Smirnoff.
(b) Patron.
(c) Wild Turkey.
(d) Bacardi.

8. Where at the Santa Monica pier has Easy agreed to meet Mr. Albright in the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) The bait shop.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The movie theatre.
(d) The merry-go-round.

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

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

11. The policemen who interrogate Easy in Chapter 10 ask where he was at five in the morning on what day?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

12. What address does Easy tell Mr. Albright that Daphne is likely at with another man in Chapter 8?
(a) Skyler and Eighty-third.
(b) Jefferson and Nineteenth.
(c) Washington Boulevard and Forty-fifth.
(d) Central Avenue and Eighty-ninth Place.

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

14. When Easy took Mouse to ask his stepfather for his owed inheritance, who assists Mouse in holding up his stepfather?
(a) Reese.
(b) Richard.
(c) Clifton.
(d) Darcel.

15. Easy informs Mr. Albright that Daphne is likely with a man named what, in Chapter 8?
(a) Junior Fornay.
(b) Frank Green.
(c) Huey Barnes.
(d) Howard Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Easy recalls in Chapter 14 that the first time his inner voice spoke to him during the war, it suggested that he kill a sniper with what?

2. What does Easy use to pick up a clue by the dead man in Chapter 13?

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

4. What kind of home is Daphne said to live in, in Chapter 13?

5. Easy drives Daphne to a small A-frame house above what neighborhood in Chapter 13?

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