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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 does Annie have tattooed on her shoulder?

2. At what park does Demon stay en route to Richmond?

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

4. What kind of truck does Demon give his superhero to drive?

5. What does Demon note having eaten after it went through a washing machine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why had Demon not encountered Dori at school?

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

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

6. Why does Armstrong substitute in sixth grade?

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

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

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