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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. In the beginning of Chapter 116, Robbins writes that the cowgirls felt what?
(a) Worried.
(b) Intoxicated.
(c) Sinful.
(d) Dreadful.

2. Who is the student chef who Julian arranges for Sissy to meet in Chapter 52?
(a) William.
(b) Michael.
(c) Norman.
(d) Joshua.

3. The Chink informs Sissy in Chapter 72 that the spiritual wealth of the East is not what with Western culture?
(a) Justifiable.
(b) Equitable.
(c) Adjacent.
(d) Compatible.

4. Which cowgirl volunteers to be a hostage to the authorities in Chapter 94?
(a) Mary.
(b) Sissy.
(c) Delores.
(d) Elaine.

5. What does Robbins write is not in love with England in Chapter 97?
(a) California.
(b) Canada.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is dreaming about her diabetic mother in the beginning of Chapter 77?

2. Who arrives in Chapter 108?

3. Dr. Robbins believes that the central problem facing the human race is what?

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

5. In what month is Chapter 66 set?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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