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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Easy notes that Mouse’s letter received in Chapter 7 was postmarked when?
(a) 4 days earlier.
(b) 2 days earlier.
(c) 2 weeks earlier.
(d) 2 months earlier.

2. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as dark-skinned, like an East Indian, in Chapter 3?
(a) Zeppo.
(b) Shariff.
(c) Manny.
(d) Ernest.

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

4. When Mr. Albright appears at the Santa Monica pier, he tells the teenage boys badgering Easy that he’ll do what to them?
(a) Hang them from a tree.
(b) Cut off their fingers.
(c) Run them over with his truck.
(d) Shoot off their testicles.

5. Where does Easy read the letter he receives from Mouse in Chapter 7?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In his closet.
(d) On the bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Easy’s former employer that he speaks with in Chapter 9?

2. In what neighborhood of Los Angeles does most of the action in Devil in a Blue Dress take place?

3. Where is Easy Rawlins from originally?

4. In what war did Easy Rawlins fight?

5. What does Easy note Mr. Albright is wearing when he arrives at his office in Chapter 3?

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