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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Second Veil (pgs. 49-77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Can 'o Beans identify as one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Imprecise speech.
(c) Inability to recognize the life of inanimate objects.
(d) Sexuality.

2. When Boomer Petway is in high school, he is the best at what?
(a) Track and field.
(b) Acting.
(c) Breakdancing.
(d) Football.

3. What does Boomer Petway use to trick Ellen Cherry Charles into marrying him?
(a) He promises her a trip to Europe.
(b) A story about her father's dying wish.
(c) An orange peel.
(d) An RV that looks like a turkey.

4. What does the barkeep say his sister sees after having a couple of drinks during the day?
(a) A can of beans and spoon looking in her window.
(b) A stick, a fork or spoon, and can of beans carrying a sock.
(c) A stick and a Conch Shell jumping in the trunk of her car.
(d) A stick, a fork or spoon, and a sock walking down the road.

5. What do Painted Stick and Conch Shell do for the other objects immediately after meeting them?
(a) Give them the power of speech.
(b) Give them an energy boost so they can move.
(c) Tidy them up.
(d) Sing ancient songs to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Painted Stick say he is used for?

2. What do Conch Shell and Painted Stick say happens after the Second Coming?

3. What happens when Boomer and Ellen Cherry are in the western bar?

4. What is Jezebel's common reputation?

5. Who does Ellen Cherry borrow $500 from after leaving art school?

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