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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. In what month does Part Two: Vows begin?

2. With which of the following does Part Two: Vows begin?

3. What kind of plant is at the front of the bookstore Hugo’s mother owns?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Gary throw a fit after his wedding to Kismet?

2. How does Hugo propose to dehumidify his mother’s bookstore?

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

4. Why does Crystal wear the cross the local priest gave her?

5. How does Stockton regard boredom?

6. What experience of angels does Boris relate?

7. Why had Crystal delayed separating from Martin?

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

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

10. Why did Crystal favor chain motels while traveling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With which of the characters in the novel do you most identify? What in the novel and your experience prompts that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first names and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does The Mighty Red bear as much out?

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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