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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Easy begin his career within the army?
(a) As a radio operator.
(b) As a combat nurse.
(c) As a sharp shooter.
(d) As a typist in the statistics unit.

2. The boy that Matthew Teran keeps is described as being from where in Chapter 11?
(a) China.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Canada.

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

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

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

6. What is Dupree’s last name said to be in Chapter 10?
(a) Ball.
(b) Boone.
(c) Benson.
(d) Bouchard.

7. What is Coretta’s last name said to be in Chapter 10?
(a) James.
(b) Jacobs.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Jones.

8. How much money does Mr. Albright give to Easy in Chapter 8?
(a) $50.
(b) $200.
(c) $25.
(d) $100.

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

10. Daphne convinces Easy to drive her to which friend’s house in Chapter 13?
(a) Primo’s.
(b) Lenny’s.
(c) Peter’s.
(d) Richard’s.

11. When did the Battle of the Bulge begin?
(a) June 7, 1943.
(b) November 2, 1943.
(c) May 29, 1944.
(d) December 16, 1944.

12. Easy helps Coretta take who back to her place in Chapter 6?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Richard.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Dupree.

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

14. How has Daphne’s friend been murdered, according to the evidence found in Chapter 13?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was hung.
(d) He was drugged.

15. What dead creature does Easy notice in the interrogation room at the police station in Chapter 10?
(a) A spider.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A cockroach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Easy feels nervous about getting involved with Albright, because the white man reminds him of whom?

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

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

4. Mr. Albright asks for Easy’s help in locating a white woman who frequents what establishments in Easy’s L.A. neighborhood?

5. What has Mr. Albright made for himself to drink while waiting for Easy to arrive at home in Chapter 15?

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