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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On how many pillows does Sissy sleep in Chapter 11?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. Bonanza Jellybean tells Sissy in Chapter 46 that women are attracted to what?
(a) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Freedom.

3. On what street in New York is the Museum of the American Indian that Sissy and Julian visit?
(a) 120th Street.
(b) 155th Street.
(c) Broadway.
(d) 5th Avenue.

4. In what town is Sissy dropped off in Chapter 36?
(a) Bleyton.
(b) Billyton.
(c) St. Peters.
(d) Mottburg.

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

6. In Chapter 11, the author makes a comparison of a cat looking through what colored glasses?
(a) Bird.
(b) Rose.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Yellow.

7. Where did Sissy grow up?
(a) Hot Springs, AR.
(b) Richmond, VA.
(c) Lexington, KY.
(d) Minisaw, VA.

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

9. What does the Countess tell Julian that creativity feeds on, in Chapter 27?
(a) Poisons.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Rum.
(d) Victory.

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

11. What is the name of the palm reader that Sissy's mother takes her to?
(a) Madame Zelda.
(b) Madame Mimi.
(c) Madame Zoe.
(d) Madame Cloe.

12. Who is the ranch boss at the Rubber Rose Ranch?
(a) Sissy Hawshank.
(b) Dolores.
(c) The Chink.
(d) Bonanza Jellybean.

13. Where had Sissy previously encountered the man varnishing furniture, in Chapter 46?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Nicaragua.
(c) Canada.
(d) Seattle.

14. What is the outhouse radio playing in the beginning of Chapter 33?
(a) "The Starving Armenians Polka."
(b) "The Cowboy Opera."
(c) "Stand By Your Man."
(d) "Lonesome Road."

15. At the end of Chapter 12, Robbins writes, "As a matter of fact, it was a bit ridiculous. But because it was ridiculous, we know it must be ____."
(a) Entertaining.
(b) False.
(c) Fiction.
(d) True.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the amoeba discovered?

2. In Chapter 34, the author writes, "A book no more contains ____ than a clock contains time."

3. What is in the center of the circle of cowgirls in the beginning of Chapter 44?

4. Who does Bonanza Jellybean say will run the goat's milk to Fargo in Chapter 45?

5. In Chapter 4, Robbins describes Sissy's entrance to the Dakotas as "like a peach basket that had swallowed a" what?

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