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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 band playing at the start of Chapter 10?

2. What was the name of the Elephant’s father, as revealed in Chapter 5?

3. Where does Irishman need the Elephant to transport an object, according to their conversation in Chapter 5?

4. What activity is interrupted by the arrival of the police in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Sister Paul live, according to Rufus in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Hettie? What are the circumstances surrounding her death, as revealed in Chapter 1?

2. Who is Hot Sausage? What does he tell Sportcoat in Chapter 4? How does Sportcoat respond?

3. Who is Thelonius Ellis? What do we learn about him in Chapters 9 and 10?

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

5. What fear does the Elephant have in Chapter 11? Why does he feel this way?

6. What is a mojo? How is the word “mojo” a fitting title for Chapter 12?

7. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, over what do Hettie and Sportcoat continue to argue, even after Hettie’s passing?

8. How was Sportcoat’s childhood an unhappy one, as revealed in Chapter 2?

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

10. How does Sportcoat both hurt and help Deems in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Appearances in Deacon King Kong can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this story? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 2

Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Sportcoat answer this question? How would Deems? What about the Elephant?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a third-person, omniscient perspective. How does viewing the action through the eyes from an omniscient narrator affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through a first-person perspective?

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