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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. To what comic book character is Stoner compared?

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

3. How many flat acres does the Crickson farm have?

4. In what county is Devil’s Bathtub?

5. What is the name of the McCobbs’ son?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do the McCobbs know Demon pilfers food?

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

8. How does Maggot get his nickname?

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

10. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Demon Copperhead on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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