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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. What was the name of Maggot’s father?

2. With which of the following does the novel open?

3. What is the name of Stoner’s dog?

4. What does Demon give to Haillie when he leaves the McCobb home?

5. What make of car takes Demon to the Crickson farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fast Forward justify defrauding the other foster-children at the Crickson farm?

2. Why does Demon believe he cannot drown?

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

4. How does Maggot get his nickname?

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

6. How do the McCobbs know Demon pilfers food?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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

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