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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. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, what bad omen occurred at Sportcoat’s birth?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 7, when do the ants arrive every year?

3. Who is the lead singer of the band playing at the start of Chapter 10?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 2, in what year did Sportcoat move to New York?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. How did the red ants come to the United States, as revealed in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

10. What starts the brawl in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Deems? Bunch Moon? Haroldeen? Perhaps the antagonist is not a person at all. What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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