Think you’ve got your head wrapped around M.C. Higgins, the Great? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The ending of the book, when M.C. starts to build a wall, best falls under which of these themes?
Friendship
Coming-of-Age
Women and Femininity
Faith in the broken-hearted
Q. Ben's relationship with M.C. best falls under which theme?
Jealousy
Love
Marriage
Friendship
Q. What do the small grapes and their lack of sweetness best show?
The Higgins' poor farming skills
The Killburns' bad crop of grapes
The change coming from all that strip-mining
Really bad grapes
Q. Lurhetta's not exactly a girlfriend type; she's in the book because she helps M.C. _______
grow up.
find true love.
become a better swimmer.
talk to ghosts.
Q. When James Lewis tells M.C. he can't make Banina into a star…
M.C. relationship with nature changes.
M.C.'s hopes are crushed.
M.C. knows his dreams are coming true.
M.C. knows only The Voice can help them.