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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 which of the following is June compared?

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

3. To what video game does Demon compare Knoxville?

4. At what college does Barks study?

5. What career does Barks seek to pursue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are no charges pressed against Stoner for his treatment of Demon?

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

3. How does Fast Forward justify defrauding the other foster-children at the Crickson farm?

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

5. How does Maggot get his nickname?

6. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what genre other than coming-of-age narratives might Demon Copperhead be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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