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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. Whose photograph is in the outhouse of the Rubber Rose Ranch?
2. Where does Sissy receive Julian's letter in Chapter 29?
3. What is the name of the palm reader that Sissy's mother takes her to?
4. What vehicle are the cowgirls leaning against in the beginning of Chapter 46?
5. In Chapter 34, the author writes, "A book no more contains ____ than a clock contains time."
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Sissy's view of her "deformity" different from those of the other characters in Chapter 16?
2. What does Jellybean tell Sissy of the other cowgirls' backgrounds in Part Three?
3. When does Sissy first hear from the Countess in the novel? Why does he contact her?
4. Who do Sissy's parents take her to see regarding her deformity first, when she is an adolescent? What is his reaction?
5. How does Sissy react to Madame Zoe? How does Madame Zoe react to Sissy?
6. How does Julian react to Sissy upon their meeting? What does this foreshadow about his character?
7. What happens at the party that Sissy attends in Chapter 11?
8. What is the first memory that Sissy has as a child? How did this affect her choices in life?
9. How much time has elapsed between Parts One and Two of the novel? What has taken place in the interim?
10. What does Miss Adrian tell Sissy of the problems on the ranch after her arrival in Part Three?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the character of the Countess in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What is this character's role in the plot? Describe the character's relationships with the protagonist and the cowgirls.
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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