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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Chapters 77-93 (pg 249 - 288).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 80, Robbins writes that the Secretary of the Interior was what kind of man?
(a) Despondent.
(b) Deep.
(c) Shallow.
(d) Astute.

2. Robbins writes in Chapter 38, "If little else, the brain is an ____ toy."
(a) Erratic.
(b) Imaginative.
(c) Educational.
(d) Irresponsible.

3. Sissy's father says in Chapter 5 that she couldn't suck her thumbs because she'd need a mouth like a what?
(a) Balloon.
(b) Shark.
(c) Fish tank.
(d) Pirhana.

4. Where did Sissy's aunt come to visit from, when Sissy was a girl, in Chapter 12?
(a) Madison.
(b) Redding.
(c) Fargo.
(d) Vancouver.

5. The official referred to in Chapter 79 is from what country's Wildlife Service?
(a) Brazil's.
(b) Mexico's.
(c) Canada's.
(d) The U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is dreaming about her diabetic mother in the beginning of Chapter 77?

2. Dr. Robbins believes that the central problem facing the human race is what?

3. Who "had a smile like the first scratch on a new car"?

4. Gloria makes a comparison between Sissy's thumbs and what in Chapter 46?

5. The author writes that the Eisenhower years and the fifties went together like what?

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