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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The normal temperature of a hummingbird is what?
(a) 104.6.
(b) 105.7.
(c) 98.9.
(d) 107.2.

2. What is the name of one of the Countess' most popular products?
(a) Pontuma.
(b) Dew.
(c) Freshberry.
(d) Poison.

3. Who is with Miss Adrian in Chapter 39?
(a) The Countess.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Dorothea.

4. All of the post offices that Sissy receives mail in are adjacent to what?
(a) Indian reservations.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Observation decks.
(d) Rivers.

5. What is Delores' full name?
(a) Delores Castana.
(b) Delores la Hacienda.
(c) Delores del Ruby.
(d) Delores ban Ray.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Robbins write are the easiest creatures to hypnotize on earth?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Goats.

11. Who does Big Red say is at fault for leaking out the word of the Chink in Chapter 46?
(a) Sissy.
(b) Bonanza.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Delores.

12. Who does Robbins write wed a girl with a physical defect in Chapter 30?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Edison.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Newton.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sissy leaves a bouquet of what type of flowers on Betty's porch in Chapter 12?

2. How old is Big Red?

3. 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."

4. What is the outhouse radio playing in the beginning of Chapter 33?

5. Who is the Countess going to visit in the Hamptons in Chapter 20?

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