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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 is listed on the business card as the personnel director of the company that Easy visits in Chapter 17?

2. What friend does Easy contemplate about having not turned in for his crimes in Chapter 31?

3. Of the things that Easy omits telling Mouse in Chapter 22, one of them is that Daphne possesses what?

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

5. What does Easy say is always taking place in the back of the barber shop in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What confrontation takes place between Mouse and Easy in Chapter 19? How does this conflict conclude?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where do Mouse and Easy go in Chapter 24? What do they do there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the characters of Maxim Baxter and Todd Carter in Devil in a Blue Dress. How does Easy relate to each of these characters? What makes Easy believe that Todd Carter is not a danger to Daphne Monet? Do you agree with his assessment? Why or why not?

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