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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 Sissy shocked by the presence of when she returns to the ranch?
2. What can Julian hear gathering its dusting forces, in Chapter 83?
3. What does the Chink say is always ending, and not ending, in Chapter 65?
4. What moves unusually slowly in the hospital, in Chapter 84?
5. Chapter 77 begins, "It was about two minutes on the _____ side of the sunrise."
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the whooping cranes represent symbolically in the text?
2. What does the Chink teach Sissy about nature in Part Four?
3. What does Sissy learn of the happenings of the Rubber Rose Ranch in Part 5?
4. What does the Chink tell Sissy of his feelings toward the cowgirls in Part Four, Chapters 72-78?
5. What does Dr. Goldman decide after Sissy's evaluation in Part Four?
6. When does Sissy return to New York in Part Four, and what does she find upon her arrival?
7. Describe the Chink's relationship with the Clock People as Sissy relates it in Part Four to Dr. Robbins.
8. What does Robbins (the author) assert happened to the power of women in civilization over time? How does he represent through Sissy's story?
9. What confrontation takes place between Dr. Goldman and Dr. Robbins in Part Four, regarding Sissy?
10. Who is Professor Nelson, and what interaction does she have with the cowgirls in Part Five?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the history of the cowgirls on the Rubber Rose Ranch. How did the women come to be here, and why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe how the author uses the motif of Native American culture, religion, and mythology to illustrate his viewpoints on religion in the novel. What is Robbins' message of Native American culture?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of gender equality and women's empowerment in the novel. How does Robbins illustrate this theme through symbolism?
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