Should I choose "A Clockwork Orange" as my English assignment choice novel?

For the summer, my upcoming English class was assigned two novels. One novel was chosen by the school (if you're wondering, they chose The Martian Chronicles) and the other novel is free choice, as in you can choose what novel to read. Of course said novel has to be fairly popular, preferably a classic, but there's a good amount of leverage.

For the second book, I want to read A Clockwork Orange. I loved the film, I'd heard such great things about the book, and notorious books are pretty alluring.

*But* here's the thing. The assignment makes it clear that we won't have a written test or multiple choice or quiz or something along those lines for the second novel. *However*, there will most likely be some kind of essay or presentation the student/I will have to create.

My biggest worry here with choosing ACO is that I’ll have a difficult time articulating the language in a way that defends any possible argument I’d have to make for the novel, through presentation/essay/etc. The author Anthony Burgess is well known for having created basically an entire new language/dictionary of slang for the book.

Basically, do you think the slang of the book will be too much of a burden for me? Or would I be able to explain and interpret parts of the book? Will I be able to pull quotes to help defend arguments?

Thanks.