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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What makes the I & I the most popular restaurant in the city?
(a) The belly dancer.
(b) The high definition TV.
(c) Ellen Cherry.
(d) Ellen Cherry's art.

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

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

5. What nationality does Salome, the belly dancer, claim to be?
(a) Canaanite.
(b) Russian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Israeli.

6. Why do the objects need human help to leave New York?
(a) Conch Shell moves extremely slowly.
(b) They need a guide.
(c) It is prophesied that they receive human help.
(d) The door to the basement is locked.

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

8. Who is shot after the Dance of the Seven Veils?
(a) Buddy, the dancer, and the detective.
(b) Buddy and Ellen Cherry.
(c) Spike and Abu.
(d) The band members and the dancer.

9. Who does Ellen Cherry decide to sleep with around Christmas time?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Raoul.
(c) Abu.
(d) Spike.

10. Who is left behind, never to leave the church?
(a) Spoon.
(b) Can 'o Beans.
(c) Dirty Sock.
(d) Conch Shell.

11. What does Ellen Cherry do with the spoon when she takes her out of the drawer?
(a) Spoon jelly.
(b) The eye game.
(c) Paint her.
(d) Put her in her pocket.

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

13. Who warns Ellen Cherry about the probable result of destroying the Dome of the Rock?
(a) Boomer.
(b) Abu Hadee.
(c) Ultima.
(d) Buddy.

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

15. Who or What do the objects in the drawer with Spoon think Phoenicians are?
(a) Bagel makers.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Inventors of the Phoenician Blind.
(d) A race of sailors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen Cherry do with her paintings of the objects?

2. Who sends flowers to Ellen Cherry and signs it "the Master of Disguise"?

3. What is the band member's other talent?

4. Who tells Ellen Cherry that Buddy is going ahead with his plan to blow up the Dome of the Rock?

5. What gift does Spike give to the I & I ?

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