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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. What is the name of Tommy’s boss?
(a) Whitey.
(b) Pinkie.
(c) Red.
(d) Bluey.

2. Who cuts Maggot’s hair?
(a) Martha Coldiron.
(b) Linda Twindoes.
(c) Julia Highfeather.
(d) May Blueyes.

3. What is Emmy’s birthstone?
(a) Topaz.
(b) Garnet.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Emerald.

4. What kind of truck does Demon give his superhero to drive?
(a) Ram.
(b) El Camino.
(c) Lariat.
(d) DeSoto.

5. Which of the following authors does Demon read in school?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Brontë.
(d) Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following does Betsy have a foster-daughter?

2. In what month did Demon’s father die?

3. What is the name of Tommy’s girlfriend?

4. What model car does Dori drive?

5. From where does Armstrong come?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the novel, what does the term “smurfing” refer to?

2. How does Emmy explain June’s attraction to Kent?

3. What is the general reaction to the September 11 attacks where Demon lives?

4. How does Betsy negotiate not having a car?

5. Why does the Winfield family not make much of Christmas?

6. Why does Demon charge his classmates extra to draw faces and hands?

7. What withdrawal symptoms does Demon suffer leading up to homecoming?

8. What are the differences between grandfathers’ and grandmothers’ stories of working in coal?

9. Why does Demon begin to draw a comic strip for the local newspaper?

10. How does Dori’s mother die?

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