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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. Easy informs the secretary at the office in Chapter 17 that he’s been hired to find whom?

2. Mr. Carter tells Easy that Daphne stole how much money from him in Chapter 17?

3. What does Mr. Carter offer Easy to drink when Easy finally makes it to his office in Chapter 17?

4. What is Mouse’s real name?

5. How much money does Mr. Carter offer to Easy to find Daphne in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 Zeppo in Chapter 19 and Zeppo’s relationship to the theme of racial identity. How is Zeppo described by the other characters? In what ways does Zeppo stand outside of the prescribed notions of race?

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