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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. Who coins the term terrain erratique?

2. After what grade did Hugo drop out?

3. Which of the following does Kismet play at school?

4. Who provides the centerpieces for the first of Kismet’s wedding receptions?

5. As which of the following does Hugo describe mildew?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kismet let the current of the Red River take her?

2. What experience of angels does Boris relate?

3. How does Kismet’s high school career end?

4. Ultimately, why does Kismet proceed to marry Gary?

5. What is Crystal’s typical night-haul lunch?

6. Why does Gary object to the description of Kismet’s engagement ring as “a wearable fleck” (11)?

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

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

9. Why is Gary’s smile perfect?

10. When does Eric believe himself capable of deception?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of The Mighty Red do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-titling scheme at work in The Mighty Red? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the novel supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

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