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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. In what town does June work as a nurse practitioner?

2. Who is the school janitor?

3. Which of the following teaches Demon math?

4. What is Fast Forward’s legal name?

5. In which of the following does June think Emmy lives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Betsy negotiate not having a car?

3. How does Emmy explain June’s attraction to Kent?

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

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

6. What is the fate of the Crickson farm?

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

8. Why does June break up with Kent?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Kingsolver’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Demon Copperhead do so for the present novel? How or how not?

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