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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doctor does the author write was asked about Sissy in later years in Chapter 11?
(a) Dr. Dreyfus.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Dr. Swatmar.
(d) Dr. Powers.

2. Who is the woman that Sissy asks for directions in Chapter 36?
(a) Mrs. Danbury.
(b) Miss Paul.
(c) Mrs. Schreiber.
(d) Mrs. Benson.

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

4. Sissy leaves a bouquet of what type of flowers on Betty's porch in Chapter 12?
(a) Jonquils.
(b) Jasmines.
(c) Roses.
(d) Poppies.

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

6. Where could Sissy spy a likeness in the distance in Chapter 46?
(a) Granges Point.
(b) Bison Pass.
(c) Siwash Ridge.
(d) Siwani Ridge.

7. Where are "crimes against nature" to be confined at the ranch?
(a) The chicken coop.
(b) The hayloft.
(c) The alpaca pen.
(d) The back yard.

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

9. What does Robbins call the "ace of the elements" in the Preface?
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Earth.
(d) Air.

10. What tribe of Native Americans does Sissy supposedly have in her ancestry?
(a) Siwash.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Dakota.
(d) Alpache.

11. What does Robbins write leaves no fossils?
(a) Cowgirls.
(b) Hamsters.
(c) Jellybeans.
(d) Amoebae.

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

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

14. Who is Bonanza Jellybean in the outhouse with in Chapter 33?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Dorothea.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Sissy.

15. What does the author write is the "only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature"?
(a) The paper cup.
(b) The pet rock.
(c) The brown paper bag.
(d) The wheel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Countess say is the real name of Bonanza Jellybean in Chapter 20?

2. Robbins writes in Chapter 2, "The image of the clockworks tugs gently at the author's cuff, much as the ghost of ____ tugs at the linen tablecloths of certain restaurants."

3. What flowers coat the ground in the prairie that the girls ride to in Chapter 44?

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

5. Who does Robbins write wed a girl with a physical defect in Chapter 30?

(see the answer keys)

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