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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fashion did the Countess believe Sissy to have inspired in the late 1960s?
(a) Jumpsuits.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Bell-bottoms.
(d) Mu-mus.

2. The author writes that the Eisenhower years and the fifties went together like what?
(a) Hi and Lois.
(b) Graveyards and werewolves.
(c) Potatoes and cereal.
(d) Peanut butter and jelly.

3. What had Julian gotten rid of in sacrifice to his marriage?
(a) A hamster.
(b) A poodle.
(c) A Great Dane.
(d) A chimpanzee.

4. Who hosts the party that Sissy is invited to in Chapter 11?
(a) Rosemary Wilson.
(b) Betty Clanton.
(c) Suzy Williams.
(d) Betsy Clemson.

5. What is Julian's last name?
(a) Ross.
(b) Conwell.
(c) Skawinski.
(d) Gitche.

6. Robbins writes in Chapter 34 that a sentence of lead "gives a reader an entirely different sensation from one made of" what?
(a) Lava.
(b) Ink.
(c) Magnesium.
(d) Platinum.

7. What does Robbins describe as the protagonist's "way of life" and calling?
(a) Modeling.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Sheep rustling.
(d) Hitchhiking.

8. Who is witness to Julian and Sissy's wedding?
(a) The Countess.
(b) Bonanza Jellybean.
(c) Jackson Pollack.
(d) Dorothea.

9. Robbins compares Sissy's thumbs to Leonardo having left what dangling from the Mona Lisa's mouth?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) A hair.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Pudding.

10. Who does Delores say rode broncs until her ninth month, in Chapter 45?
(a) Tad Lucas.
(b) Billy West.
(c) Delores.
(d) Molly Tranton.

11. How old is Big Red?
(a) 23.
(b) 32.
(c) 27.
(d) 21.

12. How many years have passed since Sissy left her hometown, in Chapter 17?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

13. What year is it when Sissy arrives at the ranch for her modeling assignment?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1985.

14. In Chapter 45, Robbins writes that the cow milk molecule is how many times larger than the molecule of mother's milk?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Fifty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Seventy-five.

15. What university did the Countess attend?
(a) L.S.U.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Ol' Miss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Countess born?

2. Whose photograph is in the outhouse of the Rubber Rose Ranch?

3. What is the name of the church where Julian and Sissy get married?

4. What language are the passing Indians chanting, in Chapter 17?

5. On what street in New York is the Museum of the American Indian that Sissy and Julian visit?

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