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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. Daphne admits that she shot whom in Chapter 29?

2. Easy describes Ricardo’s Pool Room in Chapter 18 as "peopled with jaundice-eyed bad men who smoked and drank heavily while they waited for” what?

3. Who does Easy claim to have saved from Rosetta’s abuse in Chapter 31?

4. What does Mouse say he’s going to do with his share of the money in Chapter 30?

5. What is the name of Ricardo’s wife who runs the Pool Room in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the outcomes of Mr. Albright and the Mexican boy described in Chapter 30?

2. What information does Daphne reveal about Matthew Teran, Todd Carter, and Richard McGee in Chapter 26?

3. What does Easy learn upon awakening in Chapter 28? What does his inner voice guide him to do?

4. How does the conflict between Easy and Frank Green conclude in Chapter 21?

5. Who does Easy call when he awakens in Chapter 16? Why?

6. How does Easy elude police suspicion following the events of the story?

7. What conflict breaks out at the barber shop in Chapter 19? Who does Easy leave with?

8. What conversation does Easy have with Odell Johnson in Chapter 31?

9. Who does Daphne say Joppy killed in Chapter 26? Why?

10. What agreements do Mouse and Easy make at the end of Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Mouse and his role in Devil in a Blue Dress. How does Easy feel about his history with Mouse? How long did they know one another? How do Easy’s flashbacks and descriptions of Mouse compare with his reality when he enters the action of the story?

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