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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. How much does Easy pay Primo for two nights at the mansion in Chapter 25?

3. Where does Easy go to find Mr. Albright’s house in Chapter 29?

4. As he struggles against Frank Green in Chapter 21, Easy notices that what is moved by the sofa and not where he normally keeps it?

5. Joppy tells Easy in Chapter 21 that he knew Daphne because she came in with whom on liquor deliveries?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What leads Easy to the office of Lion Investments in Chapter 17?

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

7. What agreements do Mouse and Easy make at the end of Chapter 21?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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