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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. Joppy tells Easy in Chapter 21 that he knew Daphne because she came in with whom on liquor deliveries?
(a) Odell Jones.
(b) Junior Fornay.
(c) Richard McGee.
(d) Frank Green.

2. Dupree has two black eyes from what in Chapter 24?
(a) His police interrogation.
(b) A mugging.
(c) Falling down the stairs while drunk.
(d) A bar fight.

3. Primo tells Easy that Joppy and Mr. Albright arrived at the house when, after Easy awakens in Chapter 28?
(a) 8 hours ago.
(b) 10 hours ago.
(c) 1 hour ago.
(d) 3 hours ago.

4. Mason and Miller have a handwritten note from a night table that says what in Chapter 22?
(a) B. Murphy.
(b) A. Meadows.
(c) R. Williams.
(d) C. James.

5. What friend does Easy contemplate about having not turned in for his crimes in Chapter 31?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Primo.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jackson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Chapter 19 is described as “half Negro, half Italian” and stands outside the barber shop?

2. What does Easy carry in his pockets for protection when he goes to Joppy’s Bar in Chapter 21?

3. Easy tells Joppy in Chapter 21, “That girl is the devil, man… She got” what “in every pocket”?

4. Who does Easy recall that became a guardian of a young Jewish boy saved from Auschwitz in Chapter 20?

5. What does Easy say is always taking place in the back of the barber shop in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Easy learn from Jackson Blue in Chapter 20?

2. Where do Mouse and Easy go in Chapter 24? What do they do there?

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

4. What Biblical allusion is illustrated in Chapter 25? What does it signify?

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

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

7. What does Easy learn from the policemen in Chapter 22? What happens at the police station?

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

9. Where does Easy begin his search for Frank Green in Chapter 18? How is this establishment described?

10. How does Easy’s character transition in Chapter 18? What leads this transition?

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