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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 does Bonanza say she is willing to die for, if not the cranes, in Chapter 105?

2. The Chink tells Sissy that she is too what for current events to infect her?

3. Who is made the manager of the ranch at the end of the novel?

4. What "seasonette" does Robbins write has persisted, in Chapter 72?

5. What single word is in Chapter 73?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Robbins representing symbolically by the confrontations of Sissy in Part Five, with the Countess and Julian?

2. What are society's standards regarding Sissy's relationships with Jellybean and the Chink?

3. How does Sissy feel to be back on the ranch in Part Five?

4. In Part Five, when does the Countess visit, and what does he have to say to Sissy about the whopping cranes?

5. What do the whooping cranes represent symbolically in the text?

6. Describe the Chink's relationship with the Clock People as Sissy relates it in Part Four to Dr. Robbins.

7. What does Sissy learn of the happenings of the Rubber Rose Ranch in Part 5?

8. What does the Chink teach Sissy about nature in Part Four?

9. What does the Chink tell Sissy of his feelings toward the cowgirls in Part Four, Chapters 72-78?

10. What is the state of Sissy at the end of the novel? What are her plans for the future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the major stylistic elements of Tom Robbins writing in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What are stylistic devices? What makes Robbins stand apart to you from other authors?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the philosophies of the Clock People and the Chink in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What does he impart regarding Eastern and Western thought?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the connection between Sissy's love of hitchhiking and the theme of personal freedom and independence. How does the author validate Sissy's self-endangerment in hitchhiking?

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