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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 65 that the mass of humanity has minds like what?
(a) Soft wax.
(b) Pudding.
(c) Gravy.
(d) Mashed potatoes.

2. What has been found in the beginning of Chapter 94?
(a) The eagles.
(b) The cowgirls.
(c) The whooping cranes.
(d) The minivan.

3. Robbins calls Chapter 100 a bottle of what?
(a) Pinot Noir.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Coca Cola.
(d) Fine Scotch.

4. In Chapter 111a., Robbins writes, "____ is nothing more than an identification or illumination of common objects and everyday events until they shine with their singular nature."
(a) Art.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes to Sissy in Chapter 56?

2. What does Robbins write is not in love with England in Chapter 97?

3. What does Dr. Robbins call a pompous word in Chapter 75?

4. Who holds a meeting with the townspeople at the Elk Horn Motor Lodge in Chapter 94?

5. Who dies in the scrimmage at the climax of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on the Rubber Rose Ranch in Chapters 52-62 between the cowgirls and Sissy?

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

3. What does Sissy do after her return home to Julian in Part Five?

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

5. What are society's standards regarding Sissy's relationships with Jellybean and the Chink?

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

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

8. When does Sissy return to New York in Part Four, and what does she find upon her arrival?

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

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

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