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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 Ronald’s White’s profession?

2. What word from the novel refers to money paid to secure services, such as the money given to Easy by Mr. Carter?

3. How does Primo awaken Easy in Chapter 28?

4. Who does Easy call when he awakens in Chapter 16?

5. Easy states in Chapter 26, “Most beautiful women make me feel like I want to touch them, own them. But Daphne made me” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Carter offer to Easy in Chapter 17? How is his demeanor described?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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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