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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. What does Easy carry in his pockets for protection when he goes to Joppy’s Bar in Chapter 21?

2. What does Mouse say he’s going to do with his share of the money in Chapter 30?

3. How does Frank Green almost kill Easy in Chapter 21?

4. Who does Daphne say is responsible for the deaths of Coretta and Howard Green in Chapter 26?

5. Dupree has two black eyes from what in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Easy learn from the policemen in Chapter 22? What happens at the police station?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze Easy’s experiences in Normandy in World War II. How did Easy’s inner voice lead him out of harm’s way during the war? What does this voice symbolize in the novel? How did Easy’s experiences in the war shape him as a character?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of race as applied to the characters of the first, second, and third guards that Easy Rawlins encounters at the office of DeWitt Albright. How does Easy respond differently to each “authority figure” based on skin color and ethnicity? What does this say about Easy’s character?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of John's Place in the narrative and the characters found in this establishment in Chapter 4. In what neighborhood is John's Place located? How does Easy enter the establishment? What information does Easy learn in this location?

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