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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 had been Stockton’s father’s profession?

2. At what temperature (°C) can bone be treated for use to bleach sugar?

3. In which of the following programs does Gary’s father enroll?

4. Which of the following does Kismet consider planting?

5. Over what pizza topping do Kismet and Gary fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Hugo and Kismet do on the night of her wedding?

2. How had Happy Frechette earned her fortune?

3. How does Kismet respond to her mother-in-law’s naming her?

4. Why is a funeral cake served at Kismet’s second wedding reception?

5. What rumor had attached itself to Crystal regarding her clothing?

6. Why do Winnie’s contemporaries favor the kind of small dogs she has?

7. Why does Hugo keep the bookstore open during Kismet’s second wedding reception?

8. What does Gary’s father describe as his “farmer car” (207)?

9. How does Charley defuse the situation with Eric at Gary’s second wedding reception?

10. Why is lambsquarters considered the Prince of Greens?

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

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

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