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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) Tijuana.
(b) New York.
(c) Canada.
(d) Timbuktu.

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

3. How many types of crazy people does Dr. Goldman say there are in Chapter 55?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

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) Love.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Justice.
(d) Art.

5. How many outsiders of the Clock people were killed by arrows between 1965-1969?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moves unusually slowly in the hospital, in Chapter 84?

2. The Chink tells Sissy in Chapter 72 that he is spiritually a very what kind of man?

3. Who writes to Sissy in Chapter 56?

4. The Chink tells Sissy that she is too what for current events to infect her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Chink refuse to help those around him find enlightenment, according to Sissy in Part Four?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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