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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. Over what pizza topping do Kismet and Gary fight?

2. From what holiday does Kismet wash dishes for Winnie?

3. What kind of grass had grown on the Geist farm of old?

4. From whose funeral was the cake at Kismet’s second wedding reception taken?

5. What position had Knieval played in football?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Bev excluded from Kismet’s second wedding reception?

3. How do Gary and his father relate to one another?

4. What worry does Winnie have about Kismet?

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

6. Why is lambsquarters considered the Prince of Greens?

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

8. Why does Jeniver note Crystal’s case will be difficult?

9. What is Kismet’s favorite thing?

10. What was the first job Crystal had in sugar production?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What character is the protagonist of The Mighty Red? How does the novel support such an assertion?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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