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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 the media refer to the ranch as in Chapter 97?
(a) Mystery Ranch.
(b) Cowgirl Ranch.
(c) Bubblegum Ranch.
(d) Dandy Ranch.

2. Chapter 77 begins, "It was about two minutes on the _____ side of the sunrise."
(a) Vodka.
(b) Tequila.
(c) Bikini-clad.
(d) Broken.

3. What do the Clock People not believe in?
(a) The White Man.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Volcanos.
(d) Love.

4. Dr. Robbins states in Chapter 65 that to live one must be prepared to what?
(a) Face fear.
(b) Fail.
(c) Die.
(d) Love.

5. The official referred to in Chapter 79 is from what country's Wildlife Service?
(a) The U.S.
(b) Mexico's.
(c) Brazil's.
(d) Canada's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delores have a package of in Chapter 106?

2. When does Sissy return to New York in Chapter 53?

3. The author writes in Chapter 81 that Sissy has grown as pale as what?

4. What is the name of the VA Hospital from which Sissy calls Dr. Robbins in Chapter 96?

5. How many types of crazy people does Dr. Goldman say there are in Chapter 55?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part Five, when does the Countess visit, and what does he have to say to Sissy about the whopping cranes?

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

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

6. Who does the author reveal himself to be in the end of the novel? What is his objective in the plot?

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

8. What does Sissy learn of the happenings of the Rubber Rose Ranch in Part 5?

9. What is Robbins representing symbolically by the confrontations of Sissy in Part Five, with the Countess and Julian?

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

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