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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 Robbins write is now a roadside zoo in Chapter 95?
(a) Canada.
(b) New York.
(c) Timbuktu.
(d) Tijuana.

2. What classical work does Robbins cite in Chapter 77?
(a) The Illiad.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) The Aenead.
(d) The Odyssey.

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

4. From what Wildlife refuge in Texas is the male observer in Chapter 94?
(a) Karnasie.
(b) Austin.
(c) Aransas.
(d) Williamsburg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Robbins calls in what, in Chapter 76?

2. The Chink informs Sissy in Chapter 72 that the spiritual wealth of the East is not what with Western culture?

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

4. Who is recuperating in the hospital at the end of the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What confrontation takes place between Dr. Goldman and Dr. Robbins in Part Four, regarding Sissy?

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

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

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

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