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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 church frequented by Sportcoat and many of his community?

2. What kind of car does Joe Peck drive, as revealed in Chapter 11?

3. What is the real name of the Elephant?

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

5. What is the name of Sportcoat’s son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Officer Potts and Sister Gee in Chapter 9?

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

3. What does Joe Peck ask the Elephant in Chapter 11? How does the Elephant respond? Why?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Earl in Chapter 8?

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

9. Who is Rufus? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter 8?

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

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

Sportcoat tells Deems that he tried to kill him because “the life of goodness is not one that your people has chosen for you” (322). Explain Sportcoat’s words. How do his words reflect not only his motive for shooting Deems but also the novel’s themes and conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the novel, is Sportcoat victorious or defeated? Answer, supporting your claim with evidence from the text.

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