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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 kind of tree stands in the yard of Kismet’s nuptial home?

2. What number is on Gary’s football jersey?

3. With which of the following does Part One: The Proposal begin?

4. What kind of phone does Gary have?

5. With which of the following does The Night Driver begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why had Crystal delayed separating from Martin?

4. Why is Gary’s smile perfect?

5. How does Stockton regard boredom?

6. What experience of angels does Boris relate?

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

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

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

10. Why did Crystal favor chain motels while traveling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent does the novel stake out a political position? What position is it? What in the novel shows that position, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the setting of the novel. Could its events have happened in any other time than the book presents? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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