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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 Tommy compared?

2. What position does Fast Forward play?

3. For which company does Stoner work?

4. What model vehicle does Fast Forward drive?

5. How old is Demon’s mother when she dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist remarks that “A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing. If you get past that and grown, it’s easiest to forget about the misery and pretend you knew all along what you were doing. Assuming you’ve ended up someplace you’re proud to be. And if not, easier to forget the whole thing, period” (7). Does the novel support or belie the remarks? What in the novel shows as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Much is made of the connection between Kingsolver’s novel and the work of Charles Dickens. In what ways does Kingsolver echo Dickens in the present novel? Does it improve or hinder the reading that she does or does not? How so?

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