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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the costume party dressed as Sissy in Chapter 11?
(a) Gerald Kimble.
(b) Mark Seward.
(c) Johnny Jackson.
(d) Billy Seward.

2. Bonanza Jellybean tells Sissy in Chapter 46 that women are attracted to what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Love.
(c) Power.
(d) Justice.

3. Who does Delores say rode broncs until her ninth month, in Chapter 45?
(a) Molly Tranton.
(b) Tad Lucas.
(c) Billy West.
(d) Delores.

4. Who is witness to Julian and Sissy's wedding?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) The Countess.
(c) Jackson Pollack.
(d) Bonanza Jellybean.

5. At the end of Chapter 12, Robbins writes, "As a matter of fact, it was a bit ridiculous. But because it was ridiculous, we know it must be ____."
(a) Fiction.
(b) False.
(c) True.
(d) Entertaining.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose photograph is in the outhouse of the Rubber Rose Ranch?

2. What fashion did the Countess believe Sissy to have inspired in the late 1960s?

3. What tribe of Native Americans does Sissy supposedly have in her ancestry?

4. Where did Sissy grow up?

5. What type of karate does Robbins write that the Countess is practicing in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bonanza Jellybean invite Sissy to crash with the cowgirls in Part Three? What takes place?

2. What does Jellybean tell Sissy of the other cowgirls' backgrounds in Part Three?

3. What does the district attorney pressure the courts on regarding Sissy in Chapters 11-16?

4. What is the state of the film crew in Part Three as Sissy arrives at the ranch? Why?

5. How does the Countess react to the meeting of Sissy and Julian in Part Two? What does he tell Julian about Sissy?

6. When does Sissy first hear from the Countess in the novel? Why does he contact her?

7. What do the cowgirls tell Sissy about the Chink in Part Three?

8. What is noteworthy about the Countess in regard to his view of women?

9. Who do Sissy's parents take her to see regarding her deformity first, when she is an adolescent? What is his reaction?

10. What does Miss Adrian tell Sissy of the problems on the ranch after her arrival in Part Three?

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