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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. What grade did Sissy get in home economics in school?
(a) F.
(b) A.
(c) B.
(d) C.
2. What does Sissy call Julian when he tells her he loves her in Chapter 29?
(a) A jerk.
(b) A liar.
(c) A prince.
(d) A fool.
3. What year is it in Chapter 13?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1974.
4. Robbins writes in Chapter 38, "If little else, the brain is an ____ toy."
(a) Imaginative.
(b) Irresponsible.
(c) Erratic.
(d) Educational.
5. What flowers coat the ground in the prairie that the girls ride to in Chapter 44?
(a) Pansies.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Asters.
(d) Tulips.
Short Answer Questions
1. The first car that ever stopped for Sissy was a what?
2. Where are "crimes against nature" to be confined at the ranch?
3. Who hosts the party that Sissy is invited to in Chapter 11?
4. What doctor does the author write was asked about Sissy in later years in Chapter 11?
5. What type of karate does Robbins write that the Countess is practicing in Chapter 27?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the cowgirls tell Sissy about the Chink 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. How does Sissy react to Madame Zoe? How does Madame Zoe react to Sissy?
4. How much time has elapsed between Parts One and Two of the novel? What has taken place in the interim?
5. How does the Countess react to the meeting of Sissy and Julian in Part Two? What does he tell Julian about Sissy?
6. Describe the marriage of Sissy and Julian. What compromises are in place?
7. What is the first memory that Sissy has as a child? How did this affect her choices in life?
8. Describe the character of Sissy Hawshank and what makes her character stand out amongst the others in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
9. What is noteworthy about the Countess in regard to his view of women?
10. What does the district attorney pressure the courts on regarding Sissy in Chapters 11-16?
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