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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. At what college does Barks study?
(a) Mountain Gateway.
(b) Blue Ridge.
(c) Mountain Empire.
(d) Paul D. Camp.

2. With which of the following does the novel open?
(a) “The worst of the job was up to me, my mother being let’s just say out of it.”
(b) “First, I got myself born.”
(c) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(d) “It was not the best of times.”

3. What is Demon’s first meal at the Crickson farm?
(a) Bacon and tomato sandwiches.
(b) Tuna croquettes.
(c) Ham and eggs.
(d) Biscuits and gravy.

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

5. What name does Fast Forward bestow on Demon?
(a) Wolverine.
(b) Honey Badger.
(c) Steel.
(d) Diamond.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town does Barks live?

2. In what county is Demon’s mother buried?

3. What make of car does June drive?

4. What song do Demon and Barks sing together?

5. What make of car do the McCobb’s drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Demon decline to remind Maggot of his birthday?

3. Why do farmers where Demon lives plow with mules?

4. What does a young Demon posit is the reason teenage boys want their own vehicles?

5. Why does Demon not remember many of his caseworkers’ names?

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

7. Why does the narrator note he was unlikely to survive birth?

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

9. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

10. Why does Maggot’s mother refuse to seek help from her parents?

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