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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robbins write about that got sick of the publicity, in Chapter 72?
(a) The grass.
(b) The clouds.
(c) The jellybeans.
(d) The bluebirds.

2. The Chink tells Sissy in Chapter 110 to not confuse symmetry with what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Balance.
(c) Love.
(d) Resistance.

3. Chapter 77 begins, "It was about two minutes on the _____ side of the sunrise."
(a) Bikini-clad.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Broken.

4. What is Sissy shocked by the presence of when she returns to the ranch?
(a) Men.
(b) Guns.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Women.

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

6. Who are the Gitches meeting for New Year's in Chapter 53?
(a) The Kennedys.
(b) The Barths.
(c) The Wilsons.
(d) The Swathmores.

7. What has been found in the beginning of Chapter 94?
(a) The eagles.
(b) The minivan.
(c) The cowgirls.
(d) The whooping cranes.

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

9. The Chink places garlands of what on Sissy's thumbs in Chapter 74?
(a) Poppies.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Goldenrod.
(d) Heather.

10. What is the name of the Disney film the cinematographers go to create in Chapter 54?
(a) The Story of the Icebergs.
(b) The Last of the Mohicans.
(c) The Lone Crusador.
(d) The Living Mud Puddle.

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

12. Robbins writes in Chapter 65 that the mass of humanity has minds like what?
(a) Soft wax.
(b) Mashed potatoes.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Gravy.

13. Carnival season takes place just before what holiday?
(a) Yom Kippur.
(b) Ash Wednesday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

14. What "seasonette" does Robbins write has persisted, in Chapter 72?
(a) The dog days of Summer.
(b) Summer Solstice.
(c) Late Spring.
(d) Indian Summer.

15. From what Wildlife refuge in Texas is the male observer in Chapter 94?
(a) Williamsburg.
(b) Austin.
(c) Karnasie.
(d) Aransas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robbins writes in Chapter 95, "To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its" what?

2. Who is made the manager of the ranch at the end of the novel?

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

4. What does Robbins write is now a roadside zoo in Chapter 95?

5. What does Dr. Robbins call a pompous word in Chapter 75?

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