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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. What is Delores' full name?

2. The first car that ever stopped for Sissy was a what?

3. Robbins writes in Chapter 38, "If little else, the brain is an ____ toy."

4. What does Robbins write leaves no fossils?

5. How many years have passed since Sissy left her hometown, in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sissy and Bonanza Jellybean regard each other upon their meeting in Part Three of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues?

2. What is Julian's reaction when Sissy contacts him in Part Three? What actions does this prompt Sissy to take?

3. What does Sissy think of her first experiences hitchhiking? Why?

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

5. What is the relationship between Delores and Sissy and the other cowgirls in Part Three of the novel?

6. What does the district attorney pressure the courts on regarding Sissy in Chapters 11-16?

7. What is the state of the film crew in Part Three as Sissy arrives at the ranch? Why?

8. Who arrives to pick up Sissy in Chapter 33? How does she greet Sissy?

9. Why is Sissy trapped in a dress in Part Two of the novel? What does she do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the connection between Sissy's love of hitchhiking and the theme of personal freedom and independence. How does the author validate Sissy's self-endangerment in hitchhiking?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the major stylistic elements of Tom Robbins writing in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What are stylistic devices? What makes Robbins stand apart to you from other authors?

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