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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Robbins writes in Chapter 38, "If little else, the brain is an ____ toy."
(a) Erratic.
(b) Imaginative.
(c) Irresponsible.
(d) Educational.

2. What does Julian begin drinking in Chapter 28?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Port.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Scotch.

3. Who does Bonanza Jellybean say will run the goat's milk to Fargo in Chapter 45?
(a) Delores.
(b) Billy West.
(c) Maude Clayton.
(d) Mae West.

4. In Chapter 4, Robbins describes Sissy's entrance to the Dakotas as "like a peach basket that had swallowed a" what?
(a) Obese rat.
(b) Hoop snake.
(c) Caterpillar.
(d) Corn snake.

5. Robbins writes in Chapter 2, "The image of the clockworks tugs gently at the author's cuff, much as the ghost of ____ tugs at the linen tablecloths of certain restaurants."
(a) Ketchup.
(b) Heinz Mustard.
(c) Duncan Hines.
(d) Pork fat.

6. Whose photograph is in the outhouse of the Rubber Rose Ranch?
(a) John Wayne's.
(b) Shirley Temple's.
(c) Joan Crawford's.
(d) Dale Evans'.

7. Who always complains at the ranch meetings about the quality and quantity of the food?
(a) Big Red.
(b) Bonanza Jellybean.
(c) Delores.
(d) Dorothea.

8. Who is Bonanza Jellybean in the outhouse with in Chapter 33?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Dolores.

9. Sissy's father says in Chapter 5 that she couldn't suck her thumbs because she'd need a mouth like a what?
(a) Balloon.
(b) Fish tank.
(c) Shark.
(d) Pirhana.

10. What year is it in Chapter 13?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1962.

11. Which character says in Chapter 32, "you can tune a guitar but you can't tuna fish"?
(a) Sissy.
(b) Dolores.
(c) Kym.
(d) Jellybean.

12. What kind of class does Jellybean tell Sissy the girls are going to crash in Chapter 44?
(a) Sexual reconditioning.
(b) Sexual conditioning.
(c) Gender Studies.
(d) Marriage Duties.

13. In Chapter 34, the author writes, "A book no more contains ____ than a clock contains time."
(a) Reality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Justice.
(d) Honor.

14. What is the name of one of the Countess' most popular products?
(a) Dew.
(b) Pontuma.
(c) Freshberry.
(d) Poison.

15. Where had Sissy previously encountered the man varnishing furniture, in Chapter 46?
(a) Canada.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Nicaragua.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fashion did the Countess believe Sissy to have inspired in the late 1960s?

2. When was the amoeba discovered?

3. Whose artwork (prints) hang in the outhouse at the Rubber Rose Ranch?

4. Who does the Countess suspect is behind the new warnings on his products?

5. What is in the center of the circle of cowgirls in the beginning of Chapter 44?

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