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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. How much money did Mouse take from his stepfather after killing him?
2. When Easy returns home in Chapter 10, he notices what vehicle parked outside his house?
3. The policemen who interrogate Easy in Chapter 10 ask where he was at five in the morning on what day?
4. When Easy took Mouse to ask his stepfather for his owed inheritance, who assists Mouse in holding up his stepfather?
5. Where is John’s Place said to be located in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What aspect of Easy’s character is revealed through his interactions with Coretta in Chapter 6?
2. How are the second security guards outside of Albright’s office described in Chapter 3? What happens with Easy’s encounter with them?
3. What concerns Easy about his exchange with the police officers in Chapter 10?
4. What does the character of Mouse represent symbolically in Devil in a Blue Dress?
5. What is represented through the animal imagery in Chapter 10?
6. How does Easy deal with his encounter with the first security guard at Albright’s office in Chapter 3? Why?
7. What does Easy (and the reader) learn from Junior Fornay in Chapter 4?
8. Who does Easy meet with in Chapter 9? What happens during this meeting?
9. Where does Easy take Daphne in Chapter 13? What do they find there?
10. How is the setting of Joppy’s Bar described in the opening of Chapter 1? What are the clientele like here?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Easy’s encounter with the police in Chapter 10. How does this interaction reinforce the theme of racism and prejudice in the novel? How does Easy respond to his treatment? How does his response differ from his reactions to Benny Giacomo? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of Matthew Teran in Devil in a Blue Dress. How does Easy describe Teran when he meets him? What prevents Easy from taking Teran’s money when he leaves the car? Who is the little boy that Teran keeps with him?
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