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

2. 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?
(a) His bare hands.
(b) A flame thrower.
(c) His bayonet.
(d) A grenade.

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 tea.
(c) A glass of lemonade.
(d) A pot of coffee.

4. Easy helps Coretta take who back to her place in Chapter 6?
(a) Ricardo.
(b) Richard.
(c) Dupree.
(d) Ernest.

5. Why is Easy unhappy about going to Santa Monica at night in Chapter 8?
(a) It is a highly religious community.
(b) It is a white community.
(c) It is a Hispanic community.
(d) It is an all-black community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the voice in Easy’s head respond when he considers running like Odell suggested in Chapter 14?

2. From which narrative point of view is Devil in a Blue Dress related?

3. What color hair is Mr. Albright said to have in the novel?

4. In what war did Easy Rawlins fight?

5. Who is with Mr. Albright at Easy’s home when he arrives in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What aspect of Easy’s character is revealed through his interactions with Coretta in Chapter 6?

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

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

6. What do Easy’s actions in Chapter 15 indicate about his character growth?

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

8. How is the setting of Joppy’s Bar described in the opening of Chapter 1? What are the clientele like here?

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

10. What concerns Easy about his exchange with the police officers in Chapter 10?

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