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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. Mr. Albright asks for Easy’s help in locating a white woman who frequents what establishments in Easy’s L.A. neighborhood?
2. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as dark-skinned, like an East Indian, in Chapter 3?
3. How much money did Mouse take from his stepfather after killing him?
4. The policemen who interrogate Easy in Chapter 10 ask where he was at five in the morning on what day?
5. Where is Junior Fornay from originally?
Short Essay Questions
1. What aspect of Easy’s character is revealed through his interactions with Coretta in Chapter 6?
2. What conflict takes place at the Santa Monica pier in Chapter 8?
3. How is Daphne Monet’s home described in Chapter 13? What is symbolic about Daphne’s interior design?
4. What does Easy dream about in Chapter 12? What does his dream signify?
5. What does Easy (and the reader) learn from Junior Fornay in Chapter 4?
6. How is John’s Place described in Chapter 4? What does the white man here ask Easy to do?
7. What Biblical allusion can be seen in Chapter 3?
8. What concerns Easy about his exchange with the police officers in Chapter 10?
9. What led Easy to volunteer for combat in the flashback in Chapter 14? How does he describe this choice?
10. How does Daphne’s persona change at the end of Chapter 13? Where does she go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the quality of pride as seen in the character of Easy Rawlins in the novel. Why does Easy refuse to grovel to Mr. Giacomo for his job? How did Easy’s fighting in World War II influence his perceptions of race, equality, and pride?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the characters of Maxim Baxter and Todd Carter in Devil in a Blue Dress. How does Easy relate to each of these characters? What makes Easy believe that Todd Carter is not a danger to Daphne Monet? Do you agree with his assessment? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Easy’s altercation with the teenagers on the beach in Chapter 8. What causes the initial conflict in this chapter? Why does Easy not defend himself against the gang? How is the theme of racism depicted through this encounter?
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