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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the novel’s dedication?
(a) “For the greater glory of God.”
(b) “For the Empire.”
(c) “For my beloved.”
(d) “For the survivors.”

2. How many tobacco plants fit on each lath?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

3. In what industry had Mr. Peg been injured?
(a) Forestry.
(b) Farming.
(c) Construction.
(d) Mining.

4. In what town does Mr. Golly live?
(a) Dryden.
(b) Duffield.
(c) Stickleyville.
(d) Clinchport.

5. At what church is the funeral for Demon’s mother held?
(a) Driving Rain Pentecostal.
(b) Sinking River Baptist.
(c) Rising River Episcopalian.
(d) Falling Water Methodist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What make of car does June drive?

2. What song do Demon and Barks sing together?

3. Which of the following is among Demon’s teachers?

4. What model vehicle does Fast Forward drive?

5. Where does Demon posit he will spend the first Christmas after his mother’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Demon react to his mother telling him he is her reason for getting sober?

2. Why does Mr. Golly make much of handing people food?

3. What gift does June get Demon the Christmas after his mother dies?

4. What benefit does Demon perceive to not having cousins?

5. What shocks Demon most about his mother’s appearance at her funeral?

6. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

7. How does Fast Forward justify defrauding the other foster-children at the Crickson farm?

8. Why does Demon not eat in the hospital when his mother is hospitalized?

9. How do the McCobbs know Demon pilfers food?

10. What symptoms of nicotine poisoning does Demon display?

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