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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Eric play in football?
(a) Center.
(b) Wide receiver.
(c) Running back.
(d) Tight end.

2. After what grade did Hugo drop out?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Eleventh.
(d) Ninth.

3. With which of the following does Part Two: Vows begin?
(a) “Gary pulled around to the golf club entrance and got out to help his bride.”
(b) “The day after the wedding, the rain stopped and the sun came out.”
(c) “Martin had her down cold.”
(d) “On the night before the wedding, Kismet Poe and her high school girlfriends walked over to the train bridge.”

4. With which of the following does The Night Driver begin?
(a) “On a mild autumn night in the Red River Valley of North Dakota, Crystal pulled herself up behind the wheel of an International side-dump, steered out of the sugar processing plant, and started her haul.”
(b) “On some days the stone was dull, as though it did not care to shine, but today it twinkled.”
(c) “On the night before the wedding, Kismet Poe and her high school girlfriends walked over to the train bridge.”
(d) “Gary pulled around to the golf club entrance and got out to help his bride.”

5. Which of the following does Kismet play at school?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Parcheesi.
(c) Chess.
(d) Backgammon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Kismet posit could have married Gary, had things been different?

2. Beside what river did Gary find a bison tooth?

3. What would Crystal and Kismet drink when traveling together?

4. In which period does Hugo recognize himself as existing?

5. To which of the following does Crystal pray as she fumes at Martin at her daughter’s wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the Red River of the North opaque?

2. What sends Hugo to the principal’s office to sit beside Kismet?

3. How does Eric react to rescuing Kismet from the river?

4. What experience of angels does Boris relate?

5. What fate does Kismet imagine for Gary on the steps of the church outside their wedding?

6. Why had Crystal delayed separating from Martin?

7. What fate does Kismet imagine for Gary immediately after wedding him?

8. Why did Crystal favor chain motels while traveling?

9. What had the local church’s renovation funds hoped to purchase?

10. Why does Crystal posit her life had grated on Martin?

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