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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the Chink move to the shack west of the Great Burrow?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1951.

2. What classical work does Robbins cite in Chapter 77?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) The Illiad.
(c) The Aenead.
(d) The Odyssey.

3. Who arrives in Chapter 108?
(a) Billy West.
(b) The Chink.
(c) Billy Mae.
(d) Delores.

4. What does Robbins write is not in love with England in Chapter 97?
(a) Canada.
(b) Richmond, Virginia.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

5. Dr. Robbins states in Chapter 65 that to live one must be prepared to what?
(a) Face fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Die.
(d) Fail.

6. Who dies in the scrimmage at the climax of the novel?
(a) Julian.
(b) The Countess.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Jellybean.

7. Who holds a meeting with the townspeople at the Elk Horn Motor Lodge in Chapter 94?
(a) The Assistant Undersecretary.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Undersecretary.

8. The Chink informs Sissy in Chapter 72 that the spiritual wealth of the East is not what with Western culture?
(a) Adjacent.
(b) Equitable.
(c) Justifiable.
(d) Compatible.

9. Dr. Robbins believes that the central problem facing the human race is what?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Time.
(c) Space.
(d) Overpopulation.

10. The Chink tells Sissy that she is too what for current events to infect her?
(a) Free.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Beautiful.

11. What author does Robbins write was blind, in Chapter 77?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pliny.
(d) Homer.

12. Robbins calls Chapter 100 a bottle of what?
(a) Coca Cola.
(b) Pinot Noir.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Fine Scotch.

13. What does the Chink use as a musical instrument in Chapter 74?
(a) A tuba.
(b) A nail file.
(c) A cigar box.
(d) A milk jug.

14. Who is dreaming about her diabetic mother in the beginning of Chapter 77?
(a) Heather.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Bonanza.

15. In Chapter 111a., Robbins writes, "____ is nothing more than an identification or illumination of common objects and everyday events until they shine with their singular nature."
(a) Poetry.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Gitches meeting for New Year's in Chapter 53?

2. What do the Clock People not believe in?

3. Chapter 77 begins, "It was about two minutes on the _____ side of the sunrise."

4. What does the media refer to the ranch as in Chapter 97?

5. In Chapter 52, Julian gives Sissy a miniature village for Christmas. What kind of village is it?

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