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

2. How much does Easy pay Primo for two nights at the mansion in Chapter 25?

3. What day of the week is it when Easy goes to the barber shop in Chapter 19?

4. Who runs out of the room when the gun battle breaks out at Mr. Albright’s house in Chapter 29?

5. By what name does Mouse call Daphne in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about Easy’s flashback to the concentration camps in Chapter 20?

4. What leads Easy to the office of Lion Investments in Chapter 17?

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

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

7. What does Easy do upon arriving at Vernie’s in Chapter 18? Who does Easy speak with?

8. How does Daphne explain her relationships to Frank Green and Todd Carter in Chapter 26?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the setting of Lion Investments in Chapter 17. Who are the characters that inhabit this setting? How are these individuals described? How does this setting differ from the settings in Watts?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of Devil in a Blue Dress. How does the author indicate this setting and the time period of the story in the first chapter? How important is the setting of the story to its plot progression? What tone does the author develop through the setting in the first chapters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Biblical allusion to “man’s fall” in the novel. How is this theme evoked through the imagery of Easy’s garden in the story? What correlations can be seen between Mr. Albright and Satan? How is Albright considered “snakelike”? What does his appearance foreshadow in the novel?

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