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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 in Chapter 19 is described as “half Negro, half Italian” and stands outside the barber shop?
2. How does Frank Green almost kill Easy in Chapter 21?
3. Easy makes a telephone call in order to locate whom in Chapter 16?
4. What does Easy carry in his pockets for protection when he goes to Joppy’s Bar in Chapter 21?
5. How old was Easy when his mother died?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Easy do upon arriving at Vernie’s in Chapter 18? Who does Easy speak with?
2. How does Easy go about ambushing Albright and Joppy in Chapter 29?
3. How does Easy’s character transition in Chapter 18? What leads this transition?
4. What confrontation takes place between Mouse and Easy in Chapter 19? How does this conflict conclude?
5. Where does Easy begin his search for Frank Green in Chapter 18? How is this establishment described?
6. Who does Daphne say Joppy killed in Chapter 26? Why?
7. What clue does Easy present to Junior Fornay in Chapter 23? What is Junior’s response?
8. What agreements do Mouse and Easy make at the end of Chapter 21?
9. What Biblical allusion is illustrated in Chapter 25? What does it signify?
10. How does the gun battle conclude in Chapter 29? Who “saves the day”?
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
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 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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