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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Easy recognizes Matthew Teran from where in Chapter 11?
(a) A concert.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) A wanted poster.
(d) A magazine.

4. Who reassures Easy in Chapter 2 that if he should get a bad feeling about Albright, he will help to fix the situation?
(a) Zeppo.
(b) Benny Giacomo.
(c) Frank Green.
(d) Joppy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mouse’s son that he mentions in his letter in Chapter 7?

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

3. Who gives Easy a ride home from John’s Place in Chapter 11?

4. Mouse informs Easy in his letter that he’s been kicked out by his wife for cheating with a woman named what in Chapter 7?

5. How much money does Mr. Albright give to Easy in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Easy take Daphne in Chapter 13? What do they find there?

2. What are Easy Rawlins’s impressions of DeWitt Albright in Chapters 1 and 2?

3. What is the primary setting of Devil in a Blue Dress? How does the author depict this setting?

4. What is revealed in Mouse’s letter to Easy in Chapter 7? How does Easy respond to the letter?

5. How are Easy’s confrontations in Chapters 8 and 9 related?

6. What conflict takes place at the Santa Monica pier in Chapter 8?

7. Who does Easy meet with in Chapter 9? What happens during this meeting?

8. What does Easy’s “inner voice” advise him to do in Chapter 14?

9. Who is the “door person” at John’s Place? What does Easy learn from this character in Chapter 4?

10. How does Daphne’s persona change at the end of Chapter 13? Where does she go?

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