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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 kills Demon’s mother?

2. At what college does Barks study?

3. How old is Barks?

4. What make of motorcycle does Stoner ride?

5. Where does Stoner intend to move after Demon’s mother dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the McCobbs know Demon pilfers food?

2. Why is Demon obliged to catch a school bus on the side of the highway?

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

4. How does Tommy typically avert the mistake of wasting water?

5. Why is Demon not to be reassigned to Crickson after leaving the McCobbs?

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

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

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

9. What symptoms of nicotine poisoning does Demon display?

10. What is Demon’s idea for Earthly Bads?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that Demon Copperhead should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of Demon Copperhead? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How does the novel define family? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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