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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flowers coat the ground in the prairie that the girls ride to in Chapter 44?
(a) Asters.
(b) Pansies.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Poppies.

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

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

4. In what city is Sissy at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Oroville, CA.
(b) Plano, TX.
(c) LaConner, WA.
(d) Missoula, MT.

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

6. What is Jellybean's horse's name?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Veronica.
(c) Zeppo.
(d) Chichi.

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

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

9. What is in the center of the circle of cowgirls in the beginning of Chapter 44?
(a) A car.
(b) A cow.
(c) A bird.
(d) A goat.

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

11. What chemical does Dolores tell the women in the class is in Dew spray mist in Chapter 44?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Clydomethrine Hydroxide.
(c) Benzethonium Chloride.
(d) Sodium Dioxide.

12. Whose photograph is in the outhouse of the Rubber Rose Ranch?
(a) Shirley Temple's.
(b) Dale Evans'.
(c) John Wayne's.
(d) Joan Crawford's.

13. For what plant does Bill work as a chemist in Chapter 12?
(a) Glaxo-Smith Kline.
(b) Johnson and Johnson.
(c) Philip Morris.
(d) Proctor and Gamble.

14. Who does Bonanza Jellybean say will run the goat's milk to Fargo in Chapter 45?
(a) Maude Clayton.
(b) Delores.
(c) Mae West.
(d) Billy West.

15. Gloria makes a comparison between Sissy's thumbs and what in Chapter 46?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) The hunchback of Notre Dame.
(d) The Louisiana Purchase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robbins writes in Chapter 38, "If little else, the brain is an ____ toy."

2. Who does Big Red say is at fault for leaking out the word of the Chink in Chapter 46?

3. What had Julian gotten rid of in sacrifice to his marriage?

4. How old is Big Red?

5. In Chapter 11, the author makes a comparison of a cat looking through what colored glasses?

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