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

2. What author does Robbins write was blind, in Chapter 77?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Homer.
(d) Pliny.

3. What does Delores have a package of in Chapter 106?
(a) Peyote.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) LSD.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. Dr. Robbins believes that the central problem facing the human race is what?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Time.
(c) Overpopulation.
(d) Space.

5. What does the doctor suggest to Sissy that they go into the garden with, in Chapter 55?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A bottle of brandy.
(c) A box of kleenex.
(d) A sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robbins suggests that Sissy go out for a what in Chapter 82?

2. What do the Clock People not believe in?

3. What can Julian hear gathering its dusting forces, in Chapter 83?

4. What moves unusually slowly in the hospital, in Chapter 84?

5. What is the name of the Disney film the cinematographers go to create in Chapter 54?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Chink tell Sissy of his feelings toward the cowgirls in Part Four, Chapters 72-78?

2. What does Robbins (the author) assert happened to the power of women in civilization over time? How does he represent through Sissy's story?

3. What is the state of Sissy at the end of the novel? What are her plans for the future?

4. What does the Chink tell Sissy of the role of women in religion in Part Four?

5. What leads to Sissy's assault of the Countess in Part Five? How does it take place?

6. What does the Chink teach Sissy about nature in Part Four?

7. What do the whooping cranes represent symbolically in the text?

8. Who is Professor Nelson, and what interaction does she have with the cowgirls in Part Five?

9. What does Dr. Goldman decide after Sissy's evaluation in Part Four?

10. Describe the Chink's relationship with the Clock People as Sissy relates it in Part Four to Dr. Robbins.

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