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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 highway does Demon take to run away?

2. What does Demon give to Haillie when he leaves the McCobb home?

3. At what church is the funeral for Demon’s mother held?

4. In what prison is Maggot’s mother held?

5. What make of motorcycle does Stoner ride?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the novel, what is a joree bath?

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

6. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the framing of the narrative. How does it function? How does it affect reading?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Overall, what is the most important theme of Demon Copperhead. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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