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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. As which of the following does Angus describe her father’s credit card?

2. Which of the following do Demon and Angus put on a Christmas tree?

3. On what street do teenagers cruise in Pennington Gap?

4. Where did Dori fill her father’s prescriptions?

5. Which of the following fireworks is set off at June’s holiday party?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the novel, what does the term “smurfing” refer to?

2. What does Annie tell Demon every teacher hopes to see?

3. Why does Angus deny that Demon’s selection as homecoming king is a pity vote?

4. How does Angus begin to help Demon develop a look?

5. Why does Demon look forward to his Backgrounds project?

6. Why does Demon do cocaine at Mouse’s?

7. What is the general reaction to the September 11 attacks where Demon lives?

8. What is the fate of the Crickson farm?

9. How does Betsy negotiate not having a car?

10. Why does Demon find himself missing his mother when he arrives at the Winfield home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that Demon Copperhead should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Readerly attention focuses on the comment that “If you’re standing on a small pile of shit, fighting for your one place to stand, God almighty how you fight” (103). To what degree does Demon Copperhead affirm that comment? How does the text indicate the extent of affirmation?

Essay Topic 3

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

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