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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What removes Ellen Cherry's feeling of guilt about sleeping with Spike?
(a) That Ultima goes to Jerusalem to visit Boomer.
(b) Patsy tells her that sex in marriage is as normal as bread.
(c) Boomer sends her a letter saying he sleeps with Ultima.
(d) She paints it.

2. What is a matter of tradition for the Belly Dancer?
(a) The Dance of the Seven Veils.
(b) Her diet.
(c) Her refusal to speak to men.
(d) Belly dancing generally.

3. What is the band member's other talent?
(a) Bellydancing.
(b) Chess.
(c) Reciting poetry.
(d) Cooking.

4. How does Ellen Cherry characterize the new belly dancer?
(a) She says she has skinny legs.
(b) She says she's chubby.
(c) She says her lips are too pouty.
(d) She says she's flamboyant.

5. What task does Boomer perform for Buddy in Jerusalem?
(a) He transfers money into a Israeli bank account.
(b) He collects rocks from the Temple Mount.
(c) He carries a flock of chickens to a an old folks home.
(d) He delivers welding supplies to a group of rabbis.

6. What inspires or convinces the belly dancer to do the Dance of the Seven Veils?
(a) Threats.
(b) Boomer's sculpture.
(c) Ellen Cherry's mural.
(d) Money.

7. What does the detective see in Ellen Cherry's apartment to make him suspicious?
(a) A newsclipping about Spike's shooting.
(b) A picture of Buddy.
(c) A painting of Spoon.
(d) The check from Ultima.

8. What does Ellen Cherry decide is the root of Buddy's "hankering for apocalypse"?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Religious fervor.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Vanity.

9. Which goddess is associated with the Dance of the Seven Veils?
(a) Astarte.
(b) Hera.
(c) The Earth Mother.
(d) The Moon Goddess.

10. What is Boomer's final gift to Ellen Cherry?
(a) A portrait of her.
(b) Can 'o Beans.
(c) The Turkey.
(d) Spoon.

11. Who does Ellen call to see if Boomer is back in town?
(a) Patsy.
(b) Verlin.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Ultima.

12. Who protects Spoon as she finds her way back to the Cathedral?
(a) Conch Shell.
(b) Painted Stick.
(c) Can 'o Beans.
(d) Dirty Sock.

13. What does Buddy call Muslims, Buddhists,and Hindus in light of a third world war?
(a) Cooked goose.
(b) Dead as doormice.
(c) Fried meat.
(d) Leftovers.

14. Who tells Ellen Cherry that Buddy is going ahead with his plan to blow up the Dome of the Rock?
(a) Verlin.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Patsy.
(d) Buddy.

15. Which painting does Ellen Cherry sell for $7000?
(a) Nude Boomer with an ice cream cone instead of loins.
(b) A surreal landscape.
(c) The objects.
(d) Boomer with the tongues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shot after the Dance of the Seven Veils?

2. What does Ellen Cherry agree to do that pleases Spike while he's visiting her apartment?

3. What band member is added to the I & I band?

4. Why does Turn Around Norman stop performing?

5. What part of the belly dancer's body represents the first veil that is removed in her Dance of the Seven Veils?

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