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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellen Cherry notice about her apartment after the detective is there?
(a) Her window is shut.
(b) Her drawers are all emptied.
(c) She can't find Spoon.
(d) Her phone cords are cut.

2. What "grave transgression" does Painted Stick commit?
(a) He speaks to a human being.
(b) He strikes a human being.
(c) He abandons the other objects.
(d) He misleads a human being seeking direction.

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

4. Who sends flowers to Ellen Cherry and signs it "the Master of Disguise"?
(a) Patsy.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Raoul.
(d) Spike.

5. Where does Can 'o Beans end up?
(a) In front of Boomer's statue.
(b) Back with Ellen Cherry.
(c) In the Dome of the Rock with Painted Stick and Conch Shell.
(d) With Buddy.

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

7. What part of the belly dancer's body represents the first veil that is removed in her Dance of the Seven Veils?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Pelvic region.
(c) Face.
(d) Throat.

8. How does Painted Stick move quickly?
(a) He rolls longways.
(b) He spins from end to end like a wheel.
(c) He hops as if on one leg.
(d) He vibrates so rapidly that he is propelled almost above the ground.

9. Who convinces Buddy to give up his plans to blow up the Dome of the Rock?
(a) Spike and Abu.
(b) Another evangelical preacher.
(c) The Arch Bishop.
(d) The Vice President of the United States.

10. Who comes to visit Ellen Cherry for Christmas?
(a) Turn Around Norman.
(b) Ultima.
(c) Patsy and Verlin.
(d) Boomer.

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

12. Where does Ellen Cherry have to go to pick up the money Boomer sends her?
(a) The west end post office.
(b) To Ultima's office.
(c) The Guggenheim.
(d) Colonial Pines.

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

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

15. What does Ellen Cherry agree to do that pleases Spike while he's visiting her apartment?
(a) Try on a pair of shoes.
(b) Make friends with the belly dancer.
(c) Put her hair in braids.
(d) Clean her apron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hears Spike and Ellen Cherry after hours in the I &I?

2. Who is left behind, never to leave the church?

3. Who warns Ellen Cherry about the probable result of destroying the Dome of the Rock?

4. What does Ellen Cherry decide is the root of Buddy's "hankering for apocalypse"?

5. What does Ellen Cherry do with the spoon when she takes her out of the drawer?

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