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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the objects send to follow Turn Around Norman?
(a) Painted Stick.
(b) Spoon.
(c) Conch Shell.
(d) Dirty Sock.

2. What is Boomer Petway's trade?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Welder.
(c) Auto mechanic.
(d) Electrician.

3. What about Buddy attracts Ellen Cherry?
(a) His hands.
(b) His voice.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His clothes.

4. What does Roland Abu Hadee inherit from his father?
(a) $60 million.
(b) A concubine.
(c) A house in palm beach.
(d) Nothing.

5. After sleeping together, what do Ellen Cherry and Boomer leave behind?
(a) A shoe and a $20 bill.
(b) A book, Boomer's shirt, and a shoe.
(c) A cassette tape and a camera.
(d) A dirty sock, a silver spoon, and a can of beans.

6. What is Isaac and Ishmael's?
(a) An art gallery.
(b) A new religion.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A club.

7. What does Ellen Cherry Charles do while she and Boomer Petway are in the rodeo town near Idaho?
(a) Order a whole takeout lunch.
(b) Use the restroom.
(c) Call her mother.
(d) Buy a couple of sodas.

8. How does Boomer's turkey get noticed by a well-known art dealer?
(a) Ellen Cherry parks it outside an art museum.
(b) The dealer is coming by to look at Ellen Cherry's paintings.
(c) Boomer backs into the dealer's car at the grocery store.
(d) The dealer sees it and puts an ad in the classifieds looking for the creator.

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

10. What new piece of art does Boomer create?
(a) A bicycle fashioned into a giant bug.
(b) A Warhol-esque can of beans sculpture.
(c) A spy coat with 500 pockets.
(d) A guitar that repeatedly played "I Walk the Line" by itself.

11. Who wakes up at the end of the First Veil?
(a) Painted Stick and Conch Shell.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Purple Rock and Twisted Pine.
(d) Ellen Cherry.

12. The only time we see Buddy at home, what is he doing that is unusual for him?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Consulting the bible.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Reading a book.

13. What does Ellen Cherry paint shortly after beginning work at the I & I?
(a) Patsy.
(b) The objects.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) The I & I.

14. Why does Boomer think that Ellen Cherry "can't be married to a man"?
(a) Because she's jealous.
(b) Because she's married to her art.
(c) Because she only cares about herself.
(d) Because she's contemptuous.

15. What event keeps being repeated at the I & I?
(a) Shootings.
(b) Art shows.
(c) Sightings of famous people.
(d) Bomb threats.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ellen Cherry, why do artists make art?

3. What frustrates Boomer about people's reaction to the Turkey?

4. How do Painted Stick and Conch Shell think Boomer and Ellen Cherry can help them?

5. What does Ellen Cherry want to paint after she finishes painting mountains?

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