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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. The official referred to in Chapter 79 is from what country's Wildlife Service?

2. In Chapter 80, Robbins writes that the Secretary of the Interior was what kind of man?

3. Dr. Robbins calls in what, in Chapter 76?

4. The Chink tells Sissy in Chapter 72 that he is spiritually a very what kind of man?

5. What is the name of the Disney film the cinematographers go to create in Chapter 54?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sissy learn of the happenings of the Rubber Rose Ranch in Part 5?

2. What confrontation takes place between Dr. Goldman and Dr. Robbins in Part Four, regarding Sissy?

3. Who is Professor Nelson, and what interaction does she have with the cowgirls in Part Five?

4. What leads to Sissy's assault of the Countess in Part Five? How does it take place?

5. Describe the Chink's relationship with the Clock People as Sissy relates it in Part Four to Dr. Robbins.

6. What is Robbins representing symbolically by the confrontations of Sissy in Part Five, with the Countess and Julian?

7. What does Dr. Goldman decide after Sissy's evaluation in Part Four?

8. What takes place on the Rubber Rose Ranch in Chapters 52-62 between the cowgirls and Sissy?

9. Who does the author reveal himself to be in the end of the novel? What is his objective in the plot?

10. In Part Five, when does the Countess visit, and what does he have to say to Sissy about the whopping cranes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the different settings of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. During what time span does the novel take place? What locations are focused on, and how does each affect the protagonist?

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

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

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