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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 the Chink stitching in Chapter 72?
2. The cowgirls on the ranch put a Lifesaver in one cheek and a what in the other while riding?
3. In the beginning of Chapter 116, Robbins writes that the cowgirls felt what?
4. Robbins writes in Chapter 65 that the mass of humanity has minds like what?
5. Who is recuperating in the hospital at the end of the novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Sissy feel to be back on the ranch in Part Five?
2. What does the Chink tell Sissy of his feelings toward the cowgirls in Part Four, Chapters 72-78?
3. What do the whooping cranes represent symbolically in the text?
4. Who is Professor Nelson, and what interaction does she have with the cowgirls in Part Five?
5. What does Robbins (the author) assert happened to the power of women in civilization over time? How does he represent through Sissy's story?
6. When Sissy goes to see the Chink in Part Five, what takes place on the ranch?
7. Why does Julian take Sissy to see a doctor in Part Four? What is his initial reaction to Julian's concerns?
8. What is the state of Sissy at the end of the novel? What are her plans for the future?
9. What does the Chink tell Sissy of the role of women in religion in Part Four?
10. What leads to Sissy's assault of the Countess in Part Five? How does it take place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Robbins' depiction of sexual exploration in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. How does Sissy's journey take her through questions of what society would deem "sexual deviance"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the history of the cowgirls on the Rubber Rose Ranch. How did the women come to be here, and why?
Essay Topic 3
Compare Sissy's relationship with Bonanza Jellybean to her relationship with Julian. How does Sissy feel differently about each, and why?
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