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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 is the name of the quiet, religious man that Easy sits next to at the bar in Chapter 5?
2. How much money does the driver of the car offer Easy to get in and speak with his passenger in Chapter 11?
3. In what kind of car does Daphne leave after discovering her murdered friend in Chapter 13?
4. Which of the guards at Mr. Albright’s office is described as dark-skinned, like an East Indian, in Chapter 3?
5. Most the customers at Joppy’s bar work in what profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Easy (and the reader) learn from Junior Fornay in Chapter 4?
2. What do the police question Easy about in Chapter 10? How does Easy respond?
3. How are the two policemen described that Easy encounters in Chapter 10?
4. What are Easy’s initial impressions of Matthew Teran in Chapter 11?
5. How is DeWitt Albright’s office described in Chapter 3? What does Albright ask Easy to do for him here?
6. What does the character of Mouse represent symbolically in Devil in a Blue Dress?
7. How does Easy respond to Mouse’s murder in the flashback in Chapter 7?
8. How does Easy deal with his encounter with the first security guard at Albright’s office in Chapter 3? Why?
9. What do Easy’s actions in Chapter 15 indicate about his character growth?
10. How does Daphne’s persona change at the end of Chapter 13? Where does she go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the protagonist Easy Rawlins in the novel. Given that the story is told from Easy’s point of view, how can the reader determine Easy’s personality objectively? What is revealed of Easy’s past? Do you think that the author develops this character in a way that makes him likable to the reader? Why or why not?
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