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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. Which person must not come to any harm, according to Deems in Chapter 7?

2. What move is Deems pondering in Chapter 7?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, at what age did Sportcoat become an alcoholic?

4. Where does the first chapter of the novel take place?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, what is the real name of the character known as “Potts”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bunch Moon? What does he think about Deems in Chapter 6?

2. What band is playing in Chapter 10? Why?

3. What happens to Earl in Chapter 8?

4. What various misfortunes have befallen Sportcoat, as explained by the narrator in Chapter 2?

5. What happens to Earl in Chapter 10? How is this situation resolved?

6. What happens to Earl in Chapter 12? How is this situation resolved?

7. What changes is Bunch considering making, as revealed in Chapter 6?

8. Who is Earl? What reservations does he have, as revealed in Chapter 6?

9. What personal information does the reader learn about the Elephant at the start of Chapter 5?

10. Who is Deems? What information does the reader learn about him in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sportcoat’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad one?

Essay Topic 2

Although the world of Deacon King Kong is firmly rooted in the physical world, the characters of the novel frequently discuss ghosts, witches, and curses (called mojos). Explain how these supernatural phenomena affect the novel’s plot and characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Hettie to the novel. Despite the fact that she is not physically present in the novel, she has a powerful impact on Sportcoat. Discuss Hettie’s impact on Sportcoat as well as on the novel’s plot and themes.

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