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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ellington.
(d) Holiday.

2. Matthew Teran asks Easy if he knows whom in Chapter 11?
(a) Benny Giacomo.
(b) Mason.
(c) Howard Green.
(d) Odell Jones.

3. How much money does Mr. Albright give to Easy in Chapter 15?
(a) $100.
(b) $175.
(c) $40.
(d) $240.

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

5. What is the name of Mouse’s stepfather whom he killed?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lenny.
(c) Howard.
(d) Reese.

6. What is the name of the teenage girl that approaches Easy in Santa Monica in Chapter 8?
(a) Rebecca Johnson.
(b) Hattie Parsons.
(c) Caroline Kozlowski.
(d) Barbara Moskowitz.

7. When Easy visits Mr. Albright’s office in Chapter 3, he is initially flustered by the security guard he first encounters because he is what?
(a) White.
(b) Asian.
(c) Black.
(d) Hispanic.

8. Who is with Mr. Albright at Easy’s home when he arrives in Chapter 15?
(a) Reese and Lenny.
(b) Jackson and Dupree.
(c) Manny and Shariff.
(d) Darcel and Henry.

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

10. When asked where he was at 5 a.m. by the police in Chapter 10, Easy responds that he escorted which drunken friend home from a nightclub?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Peter.
(d) Clifton.

11. About how far from the police station is John’s Place said to be located in Chapter 11?
(a) 15 blocks.
(b) 9 blocks.
(c) 2 blocks.
(d) 4 blocks.

12. How is Daphne Monet’s dialect described in Chapter 12?
(a) British.
(b) Welsh.
(c) French.
(d) Irish.

13. Who gives Easy a ride home from John’s Place in Chapter 11?
(a) Odell Jones.
(b) Junior Fornay.
(c) Joppy.
(d) Mr. Albright.

14. Most the customers at Joppy’s bar work in what profession?
(a) They are lawyers.
(b) They are butchers.
(c) They are news reporters.
(d) They are mill workers.

15. When Mr. Albright appears at the Santa Monica pier, he tells the teenage boys badgering Easy that he’ll do what to them?
(a) Run them over with his truck.
(b) Hang them from a tree.
(c) Shoot off their testicles.
(d) Cut off their fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Easy unhappy about going to Santa Monica at night in Chapter 8?

2. Easy Rawlins expresses pride in owning what in the novel?

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

4. About how old is Daphne described as being in Chapter 13?

5. 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?

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