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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of home is Daphne said to live in, in Chapter 13?

2. Easy attempts to give money to Daphne for what in Chapter 13?

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

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

5. Mr. Albright asks for Easy’s help in locating a white woman who frequents what establishments in Easy’s L.A. neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the character of Mouse represent symbolically in Devil in a Blue Dress?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Easy dream about in Chapter 12? What does his dream signify?

7. How is John’s Place described in Chapter 4? What does the white man here ask Easy to do?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of John's Place in the narrative and the characters found in this establishment in Chapter 4. In what neighborhood is John's Place located? How does Easy enter the establishment? What information does Easy learn in this location?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the theme of morality in Devil in a Blue Dress. Do you think that Easy Rawlins is a morally upstanding character? Why or why not? How do Easy’s actions in Chapter 6 illustrate his willingness to cross the lines of morality?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Odell Jones in the novel. How does the narrator describe Odell? What is Easy’s history with the character? What does Odell represent symbolically in the novel?

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