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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. With whom does Dori work?

2. Which of the following does Demon meet at Mouse’s?

3. In which of the following does Betsy have a foster-daughter?

4. As which of the following does Armstrong describe Demon?

5. What is Fast Forward’s legal name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Demon not encountered Dori at school?

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

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

4. What are the differences between grandfathers’ and grandmothers’ stories of working in coal?

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

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

7. Why does Armstrong substitute in sixth grade?

8. Why does June break up with Kent?

9. Why does Demon charge his classmates extra to draw faces and hands?

10. How does Dori’s mother die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

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