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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. 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."
(a) Heinz Mustard.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Duncan Hines.
(d) Pork fat.

2. What does Robbins write that the moon vibrations sounded like when converted to sound waves?
(a) Echoes.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Singing.

3. Where could Sissy spy a likeness in the distance in Chapter 46?
(a) Siwani Ridge.
(b) Granges Point.
(c) Bison Pass.
(d) Siwash Ridge.

4. In Chapter 34, the author writes, "A book no more contains ____ than a clock contains time."
(a) Reality.
(b) Honor.
(c) Truth.
(d) Justice.

5. Who does Sissy go to the costume party dressed as in Chapter 11?
(a) Goldilocks.
(b) Dracula.
(c) Minnie Pearl.
(d) Chief Crazy Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who "had a smile like the first scratch on a new car"?

3. In Chapter 45, Robbins writes that the cow milk molecule is how many times larger than the molecule of mother's milk?

4. Whose artwork (prints) hang in the outhouse at the Rubber Rose Ranch?

5. Robbins compares Sissy's thumbs to Leonardo having left what dangling from the Mona Lisa's mouth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sissy respond to her incident at the soiree in Chapters 11-16? What are her parents' reactions to Sissy's predicament?

3. What is the first memory that Sissy has as a child? How did this affect her choices in life?

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

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

6. What is the relationship between Delores and Sissy and the other cowgirls in Part Three of the novel?

7. What does Sissy think of her first experiences hitchhiking? Why?

8. What problems is the Countess having with the cowgirls in Part Two that he asks Sissy for assistance with?

9. What about Sissy does Julian find embarrassing? What in their relationship makes up for this?

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

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