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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the bumper sticker slogan that Ellen Cherry and Boomer sees as they are driving across the country?
(a) "Some like it hot".
(b) "I'd rather be ---".
(c) "Christains for Israel".
(d) "Project Whirrled Peas".

4. What season is it when Salome joins the band at the I & I?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

5. What do Verlin and Patsy want to see while they're in New York?
(a) The Cathedral.
(b) Turn Around Norman.
(c) The Turkey.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

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

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

8. What does Ellen Cherry do with her paintings of the objects?
(a) She gives them to Turn Around Norman.
(b) She burns them.
(c) She sells them to Ultima.
(d) She paints over them with white paint.

9. What band member is added to the I & I band?
(a) A female tambourine player.
(b) A male pianist.
(c) A female vocalist.
(d) A bass player.

10. What painting does Buddy accidentally uncover in Ellen Cherry's apartment?
(a) A nude Boomer with a thousand tongues.
(b) A nude Boomer under a purple elephant.
(c) The objects on a carousel.
(d) Spoon in a bowl of jelly.

11. How do the objects manage to escape the church?
(a) They start a fire.
(b) They create a noisy commotion.
(c) They get Ellen Cherry to get them.
(d) They get Buddy to unlock the door.

12. What is Buddy's back-up plan if the Messiah doesn't come?
(a) Buddy steps in and be the Messiah.
(b) Come back to the U.S. and continue preaching.
(c) Increase his terrorist activities.
(d) To find a new religion.

13. Who hears Spike and Ellen Cherry after hours in the I &I?
(a) Raoul.
(b) Abu.
(c) The guard.
(d) Ultima.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Buddy say he's glad Boomer is in Jerusalem?

2. Who does Ellen call to see if Boomer is back in town?

3. What does Spoon do to prove her locomotion to the other objects in Ellen Cherry's drawer?

4. Who commissions Boomer's sculpture in Jerusalem?

5. Which goddess is associated with the Dance of the Seven Veils?

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