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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 which period does Hugo recognize himself as existing?

2. From where does Winnie rent a limousine for Gary’s wedding?

3. Which of the following does Crystal know is in the waters of the Red River?

4. What kind of phone does Gary have?

5. Whom of the following sends Kismet to the principal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stockton regard boredom?

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

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

4. Why had Crystal refused to marry Martin?

5. Why does Gary fret about the size of his genitals?

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

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

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

9. Why is Gary’s smile perfect?

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

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

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 3

Which character is the second most important in the text? How does the work support such an assertion?

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