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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. Which of the following had Mr. Peg’s family farmed?

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

3. On what highway do Demon and Stoner share a final meal?

4. To which of the following is June compared?

5. What does Demon inadvertently mix with bleach?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Maggot get his nickname?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

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

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