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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 does Robbins write leaves no fossils?
(a) Cowgirls.
(b) Hamsters.
(c) Jellybeans.
(d) Amoebae.

2. Robbins compares Sissy's thumbs to Leonardo having left what dangling from the Mona Lisa's mouth?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) A hair.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. Where was the Countess born?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Texas.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Arkansas.

4. Who is the Countess going to visit in the Hamptons in Chapter 20?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Johnny Carson.
(c) J.F.K.
(d) Truman.

5. Who always complains at the ranch meetings about the quality and quantity of the food?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Delores.
(c) Big Red.
(d) Bonanza Jellybean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Julian gotten rid of in sacrifice to his marriage?

2. Who is with Miss Adrian in Chapter 39?

3. Where did Sissy's aunt come to visit from, when Sissy was a girl, in Chapter 12?

4. Where had Sissy previously encountered the man varnishing furniture, in Chapter 46?

5. Who is Bonanza Jellybean in the outhouse with in Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interaction takes place between Sissy and Ms. Leonard in the novel?

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

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

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

5. How does Sissy react to Madame Zoe? How does Madame Zoe react to Sissy?

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

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

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

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

10. How much time has elapsed between Parts One and Two of the novel? What has taken place in the interim?

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