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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. What is the name of Vernie’s daughter that helps her with her business?

2. While he is unconscious in the beginning of Chapter 28, Easy dreams of being on a battleship in the middle of what?

3. How does Frank Green greet Easy when Easy returns to his home from Joppy’s in Chapter 21?

4. What secret from her past does Daphne reveal in Chapter 27?

5. Mason and Miller tell Easy that Matthew Teran was killed how in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What clue does Easy present to Junior Fornay in Chapter 23? What is Junior’s response?

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

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

6. What information does Daphne reveal about Matthew Teran, Todd Carter, and Richard McGee in Chapter 26?

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

8. How does Easy go about ambushing Albright and Joppy in Chapter 29?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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