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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 is the Chink stitching in Chapter 72?
(a) A snakeskin belt.
(b) A snakeskin jacket.
(c) A bow case.
(d) Leather cowboy boots.

2. Who dies in the scrimmage at the climax of the novel?
(a) Jellybean.
(b) Sissy.
(c) The Countess.
(d) Julian.

3. In what year did the Chink move to the shack west of the Great Burrow?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1980.

4. The Chink tells Sissy in Chapter 110 to not confuse symmetry with what?
(a) Love.
(b) Balance.
(c) Resistance.
(d) Justice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what Wildlife refuge in Texas is the male observer in Chapter 94?

2. What "seasonette" does Robbins write has persisted, in Chapter 72?

3. How many outsiders of the Clock people were killed by arrows between 1965-1969?

4. Robbins writes in Chapter 65 that the mass of humanity has minds like what?

5. Who are the Gitches meeting for New Year's in Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 does The Chink express to Sissy that he realized about the Clock People waiting for the Eternity of Joy?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Sissy feel to be back on the ranch in Part Five?

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

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

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