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Lynda Barry, Today’s Demon: Magic

Lynda Barry, Today’s Demon: Magic

Read Today’s Demon: Magic and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. In the story, growing up involves

taking care of the family.

moving away from home.

learning how to drive.

having sex for the first time.

2. The glass in Figure 6.E shows the difference between

what the narrator’s parents see and what the narrator sees.

what we see and what the narrator sees.

what the world looks like and what the narrator thinks of it.

what the world looks like and what Ev looks like.

3. When the narrator stops being friends with Ev, what does she say has happened?

She has grown up.

She no longer believes in magic.

She doesn’t like the same music Ev likes.

She moves away.

4. What does the narrator say can go on forever?

growing up

friendship

ghosts

numbers

5. The juxtaposition of the photo with the cartoons has what effect?

Without the photo, the cartoons wouldn’t make sense.

The cartoons suggest that the narrator never grew up.

The photo suggests that Ev could be anyone.

The photo suggests that the story the cartoons tell is real.