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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. Which of the following does Hugo dislike?

2. What subject does Speck teach?

3. To whom does Crystal suggest oxygen be administered?

4. How many millions of dollars does the local church lose to Martin?

5. To which of the following does Kismet compare Crystal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Crystal refused to marry Martin?

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

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

4. Why had Crystal delayed separating from Martin?

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

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

7. Why, when they had traveled together, did Crystal sleep apart from Martin?

8. When does Eric believe himself capable of deception?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Overall, what is the most important theme of The Mighty Red. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

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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