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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Easy note Mr. Albright is wearing when he arrives at his office in Chapter 3?
(a) A pair of old suspenders.
(b) A red Panama hat.
(c) A black leather jacket.
(d) A gun and holster.

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

4. How much money does the driver of the car offer Easy to get in and speak with his passenger in Chapter 11?
(a) $300.
(b) $220.
(c) $50.
(d) $120.

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

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

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

8. Mr. Albright’s car is described as what in Chapter 8?
(a) A brown Jeep.
(b) A black Lincoln.
(c) A white Cadillac.
(d) A blue Mercedes.

9. In what neighborhood of Los Angeles does most of the action in Devil in a Blue Dress take place?
(a) Watts.
(b) Lennox.
(c) La Verne.
(d) Elysian Park.

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

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

12. What boy yells at the teenage girl for talking to Easy in Chapter 8?
(a) Ernest.
(b) Peter.
(c) Richard.
(d) Henry.

13. How much money does Mr. Albright give to Easy as a retainer in Chapter 3?
(a) $50.
(b) $500.
(c) $250.
(d) $100.

14. Easy learns that who has been murdered when he makes it to John’s Place in Chapter 11?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Hattie.
(c) Coretta.
(d) LaMarque.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Daphne Monet’s dialect described in Chapter 12?

2. Where is John’s Place said to be located in Chapter 4?

3. The woman who charges entrance to John’s Place tells Easy in Chapter 4 that which chauffeur was beaten to death outside the bar last week?

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

5. Junior and Easy discuss which mayoral candidate who suddenly dropped from the race in Chapter 4?

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