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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 knocks Earl unconscious in Chapter 8?

2. What is the name of Deems’s cousin, who taught him how to profit from heroin?

3. What literary device is used in the phrase, “fluttering around his awakened heart like butterflies” (117)?

4. From where in Italy does the Elefante family come?

5. With what is Earl knocked out in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is the Governor, and what does he ask of the Elephant in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Dominic and what does he give Sportcoat in Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in Deacon King Kong all highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three characters and explain how each illustrates this idea, using textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Sportcoat experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same? By the novel’s end, is he better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Sportcoat and Deems. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

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