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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The normal temperature of a hummingbird is what?
(a) 107.2.
(b) 105.7.
(c) 98.9.
(d) 104.6.

3. What does Robbins write are the easiest creatures to hypnotize on earth?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Goats.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

4. Where does Betty tell the author that she and her schoolmates ditched Sissy in Chapter 12?
(a) The drive-in theater.
(b) Senior prom.
(c) New York.
(d) School picnic.

5. What flowers coat the ground in the prairie that the girls ride to in Chapter 44?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Poppies.
(c) Asters.
(d) Pansies.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what street in New York is the Museum of the American Indian that Sissy and Julian visit?

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

3. What is the outhouse radio playing in the beginning of Chapter 33?

4. The author writes that the Eisenhower years and the fifties went together like what?

5. In Chapter 45, Robbins writes that the cow milk molecule is how many times larger than the molecule of mother's milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the cowgirls tell Sissy about the Chink in Part Three?

2. Why does Sissy stay with Julian at his apartment in Chapter 26? Why does she leave?

3. How do Sissy and Bonanza Jellybean regard each other upon their meeting in Part Three of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues?

4. What is the relationship between Delores and Sissy and the other cowgirls in Part Three of the novel?

5. How does the Countess react to the cowgirls' accusations in Part Three? What conflict takes place?

6. When does Sissy first hear from the Countess in the novel? Why does he contact her?

7. What interaction takes place between Sissy and Ms. Leonard in the novel?

8. What does the district attorney pressure the courts on regarding Sissy in Chapters 11-16?

9. What is the first memory that Sissy has as a child? How did this affect her choices in life?

10. Describe the character of Sissy Hawshank and what makes her character stand out amongst the others in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.

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