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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 was the original name of Golly’s Market?

2. In what county does Demon’s grandmother live?

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

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

5. For which company does Stoner work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do the McCobbs know Demon pilfers food?

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

8. What symptoms of nicotine poisoning does Demon display?

9. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

10. Why does Demon not eat in the hospital when his mother is hospitalized?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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