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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 kind of flower do sparrows chatter outside Kismet’s nuptial home?

2. What is “the second worst thing you could call a Michif” (164)?

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

4. What company started sugar beet farming in the area where Kismet grew up?

5. What crop had Happy Frechette picked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Eric discuss with Kismet when he dances with her at her second wedding reception?

4. What, for Kismet, is the signal that her youth is ended?

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

6. Why does Dale work the worst parts of sugar beet hauling?

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. What is Kismet’s favorite thing?

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

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of The Mighty Red do so for the present novel? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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