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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. When was the amoeba discovered?

2. Sissy's father says in Chapter 5 that she couldn't suck her thumbs because she'd need a mouth like a what?

3. Bonanza Jellybean tells Sissy in Chapter 46 that women are attracted to what?

4. What is the name of one of the Countess' most popular products?

5. Robbins writes in Chapter 34 that a sentence of lead "gives a reader an entirely different sensation from one made of" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Countess come to see Sissy and Julian after their marriage in Part Two?

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

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

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

5. How much time has elapsed between Parts One and Two of the novel? What has taken place in the interim?

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

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

8. How does Sissy react to Madame Zoe? How does Madame Zoe react to Sissy?

9. How does Sissy respond to her incident at the soiree in Chapters 11-16? What are her parents' reactions to Sissy's predicament?

10. What do the cowgirls tell Sissy about the Chink in Part Three?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the philosophies of the Clock People and the Chink in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What does he impart regarding Eastern and Western thought?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolic and thematic meaning behind Sissy's thumbs in the novel. What larger concept does the author use them to represent? How?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the history of the cowgirls on the Rubber Rose Ranch. How did the women come to be here, and why?

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