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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. 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) Clifton.
(d) Peter.

2. Which of the policemen punches Easy in the gut and handcuffs him when he resists accompanying them to the police station in Chapter 10?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Mason.
(c) Moore.
(d) Miller.

3. What has Mr. Albright made for himself to drink while waiting for Easy to arrive at home in Chapter 15?
(a) A whiskey sour.
(b) A pot of coffee.
(c) A glass of lemonade.
(d) A pot of tea.

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

5. What is the name of the woman who charges entrance to John’s Place in Chapter 4?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Coretta.
(d) Lucinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Mouse take from his stepfather after killing him?

2. DeWitt Albright is said to be a former lawyer from where?

3. How much money did Mouse give to Easy for driving him to his stepfather’s to collect his inheritance?

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

5. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as possibly Chinese?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Easy go when he leaves the police station in Chapter 11? What interrupts his journey?

5. How is Daphne Monet’s home described in Chapter 13? What is symbolic about Daphne’s interior design?

6. How is DeWitt Albright’s office described in Chapter 3? What does Albright ask Easy to do for him here?

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

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

9. How are the second security guards outside of Albright’s office described in Chapter 3? What happens with Easy’s encounter with them?

10. How does Easy feel about going to the Santa Monica pier in Chapter 8? Whom does he first meet there?

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