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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. From which narrative point of view is Devil in a Blue Dress related?

2. The woman who charges entrance to John’s Place tells Easy in Chapter 4 that which chauffeur was beaten to death outside the bar last week?

3. How many rooms comprise Easy Rawlins’s house?

4. How much money does Mr. Albright give to Easy in Chapter 8?

5. Junior and Easy discuss which mayoral candidate who suddenly dropped from the race in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Easy feel about going to the Santa Monica pier in Chapter 8? Whom does he first meet there?

2. What does Easy’s “inner voice” advise him to do in Chapter 14?

3. How is DeWitt Albright’s office described in Chapter 3? What does Albright ask Easy to do for him here?

4. How are the two policemen described that Easy encounters in Chapter 10?

5. What conflict takes place at the Santa Monica pier in Chapter 8?

6. What are Easy Rawlins’s impressions of DeWitt Albright in Chapters 1 and 2?

7. What does Easy learn about Navrochet’s murder in the flashback in Chapter 4?

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

9. What is represented through the animal imagery in Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters of Pete Dupree and Coretta James in the narrative. How does Easy feel about each of these characters? Where does Easy know Dupree from? What happens to each of these characters in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the imagery employed in the author’s descriptions of Daphne Monet’s home in Chapter 13. How is Daphne’s home a reflection of her character? What is symbolized by the furnishings described by the author? What color permeates the setting?

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