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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Painted Stick and Conch shell reveal that Jezebel actually is?
(a) Voodoo priestess.
(b) Descendent of King David.
(c) Christian saint.
(d) Worshipper of Astarte.

2. What is Spike Cohen's fetish?
(a) Feet.
(b) Sex toys.
(c) Wrists.
(d) Breasts.

3. Who watches Buddy preaching to Ellen Cherry?
(a) Patsy.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Verlin.
(d) The objects.

4. To what does Patsy Charles attribute Ellen Cherry Charles' move to New York?
(a) Ellen Cherry's wildness.
(b) Patsy's influence.
(c) Her father's encouragment to become an artist.
(d) Her uncle's in laws loaned her money.

5. Who has a voice like a saxophone?
(a) Verlin Charles.
(b) Buddy Winkler.
(c) Boomer Petway.
(d) Ellen Cherry Charles.

6. Who mends Can 'o Beans with a welding torch?
(a) Spoon.
(b) Dirty Sock.
(c) Boomer.
(d) Painted Stick.

7. What is Jezebel's common reputation?
(a) Harlot and an idolator.
(b) Good samaritan.
(c) Christian martyr.
(d) Reformed Christian.

8. Who sleeps with Buddy?
(a) Ultima.
(b) Patsy's sister.
(c) Patsy.
(d) Ellen Cherry.

9. How do Painted Stick and Conch Shell know Jezebel?
(a) She admires them when she visits the observatory.
(b) She finds the observatory where they are originally housed.
(c) She is a priestess in the observatory.
(d) Her parents own the observatory.

10. Where is the first place Ellen Cherry goes after she leaves art school?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Her parents' house.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Boomer's house.

11. What type of animal is described by the narrator as "Turning modern technology to their idiosyncratic advantage"?
(a) Mockingbird.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Dog.
(d) Eagle.

12. After Ellen Cherry gets advice from her bosses, who does she go to for inspiration?
(a) Turn Around Norman.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Spike Cohen.
(d) Boomer.

13. What is Boomer's compliment for Ellen Cherry's hair?
(a) Playful hair.
(b) Bedroom hair.
(c) Sexual hair.
(d) Artsy hair.

14. What does Ellen Cherry do to make up for her failed celebration with Boomer?
(a) Clean the Turkey.
(b) Make Boomer's favorite breakfast.
(c) Throw away her easle.
(d) Have sex with Boomer.

15. What request does Ellen Cherry make of Spike and Abu?
(a) That they refuse Buddy service.
(b) That they display her paintings in the restaurant.
(c) A demotion.
(d) A promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roland Abu Hadee do after he is kicked out of school?

2. What is the nickname that the Berliners make up for Spike Cohen's family?

3. Where are Ellen Cherry and Boomer first intimate while on their road trip?

4. To whom do the airstream (that becomes the turkey) originally belong?

5. Why do the objects begin to suspect that Ellen Cherry might be able to help them?

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