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

2. Easy tells Frank Green that he can make him how much money in Chapter 21?

3. Who looks on as Easy waters his garden in Chapter 31?

4. What is the little Mexican boy eating when Easy finds him in Daphne’s apartment in Chapter 30?

5. Easy awakens in the morning and goes to the office of what enterprise in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the outcomes of Mr. Albright and the Mexican boy described in Chapter 30?

2. What does Easy learn upon awakening in Chapter 28? What does his inner voice guide him to do?

3. What information does Joppy reveal to Easy in Chapter 21?

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

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

6. What does Easy choose to reveal and not reveal to Mouse in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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 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

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 3

Describe and discuss the symbolism of the dead mouse and the ants in Chapter 10. What does the mouse represent symbolically? What themes does this symbolism relate to? What do the ants in this imagery represent?

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