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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Up and down which avenue does Sissy hitchhike in Chapter 13?
(a) Monument.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Madison.
(d) Fifth.

5. What month is it in Chapter 31, 9 months into the marriage of Sissy and Julian?
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) October.

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

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

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

9. What grade did Sissy get in home economics in school?
(a) B.
(b) C.
(c) F.
(d) A.

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

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

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

13. Richmond is referred to by the author in Chapter 11 as not a city at all but the world's largest what?
(a) Rural Urbanity.
(b) Yankee museum.
(c) Mosquito village.
(d) Confederate museum.

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

15. The first car that ever stopped for Sissy was a what?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Chevrolet.
(c) Pontiac.
(d) Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. What does Robbins write leaves no fossils?

3. Sissy tells the Countess in Chapter 18 that she was in a grocery store buying candy and the next thing she knew she was approaching what?

4. For what plant does Bill work as a chemist in Chapter 12?

5. Where was Bonanza Jellybean the first time she heard about Sissy?

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