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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 missing when she returns to the ranch in Chapter 104?
2. Chapter 77 begins, "It was about two minutes on the _____ side of the sunrise."
3. The Chink tells Sissy in Chapter 110 to not confuse symmetry with what?
4. Who is the student chef who Julian arranges for Sissy to meet in Chapter 52?
5. From what Wildlife refuge in Texas is the male observer in Chapter 94?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Robbins (the author) assert happened to the power of women in civilization over time? How does he represent through Sissy's story?
2. What does Sissy learn of the happenings of the Rubber Rose Ranch in Part 5?
3. What does the Chink tell Sissy of his feelings toward the cowgirls in Part Four, Chapters 72-78?
4. When Sissy goes to see the Chink in Part Five, what takes place on the ranch?
5. What does the Chink tell Sissy of the role of women in religion in Part Four?
6. Who does the author reveal himself to be in the end of the novel? What is his objective in the plot?
7. What takes place on the Rubber Rose Ranch in Chapters 52-62 between the cowgirls and Sissy?
8. In Part Five, when does the Countess visit, and what does he have to say to Sissy about the whopping cranes?
9. What does The Chink express to Sissy that he realized about the Clock People waiting for the Eternity of Joy?
10. How does Sissy feel to be back on the ranch in Part Five?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the characters of Julian Gliche and Dr. Robbins. How are these men similar? What do they each vie for? How do they differ?
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
Define the terms "stream-of-consciousness" and "nonlinear storytelling" in literature. How do these terms apply to Even Cowgirls Get the Blues?
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