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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are "crimes against nature" to be confined at the ranch?

2. What flowers coat the ground in the prairie that the girls ride to in Chapter 44?

3. What fashion did the Countess believe Sissy to have inspired in the late 1960s?

4. Sissy leaves a bouquet of what type of flowers on Betty's porch in Chapter 12?

5. What university did the Countess attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bonanza Jellybean invite Sissy to crash with the cowgirls in Part Three? What takes place?

2. What is noteworthy about the Countess in regard to his view of women?

3. How does Julian finally reach Sissy in Chapter 28? What does he tell her?

4. Why does Sissy stay with Julian at his apartment in Chapter 26? Why does she leave?

5. Who do Sissy's parents take her to see regarding her deformity first, when she is an adolescent? What is his reaction?

6. What does Miss Adrian tell Sissy of the problems on the ranch after her arrival in Part Three?

7. What about Sissy does Julian find embarrassing? What in their relationship makes up for this?

8. What interaction takes place between Sissy and Ms. Leonard in the novel?

9. How does the Countess react to the cowgirls' accusations in Part Three? What conflict takes place?

10. What history of the area does Mrs. Schrieber give Sissy in Chapter 32?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Robbins' use of simile, metaphor, and personification. What does the fact that Robbins is known for his use of metaphor refer to from the text? Define the terms in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of gender equality and women's empowerment in the novel. How does Robbins illustrate this theme through symbolism?

Essay Topic 3

What themes does Robbins introduce in "Single Cell Preface"? What is the symbolic meaning of the amoeba to the plot and themes of the novel?

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