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

2. What does the voice in Easy’s head respond when he considers running like Odell suggested in Chapter 14?
(a) Better be dead than leave.
(b) Better be alive than dead.
(c) Worse be wounded than dead.
(d) Worse be dead than on the run.

3. Easy drives Daphne to a small A-frame house above what neighborhood in Chapter 13?
(a) Malibu.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Agoura Hills.
(d) Angeles Crest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reassures Easy in Chapter 2 that if he should get a bad feeling about Albright, he will help to fix the situation?

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

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

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

5. The entrance to John’s Place is through the back wall of what establishment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What Biblical allusion can be seen in Chapter 3?

2. From what narrative point of view is the story related? What is notable about this style?

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

4. What do the police question Easy about in Chapter 10? How does Easy respond?

5. What does Easy (and the reader) learn from Junior Fornay in Chapter 4?

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

7. How are the two policemen described that Easy encounters in Chapter 10?

8. What are Easy’s initial impressions of Matthew Teran in Chapter 11?

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

10. How does Easy respond to Mouse’s murder in the flashback in Chapter 7?

(see the answer keys)

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