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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the objects that are with Buddy plan to get to Jerusalem?
(a) They don't know yet.
(b) They stow away in a shipment Buddy is sending there.
(c) They escape to an ocean liner.
(d) They stow away in his luggage.

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

3. What does Buddy do instead of going to Jerusalem?
(a) Start a radio talk show.
(b) Go back to Colonial Pines.
(c) Try to sleep with Ellen Cherry.
(d) Stage a demonstration at the I & I.

4. Who returns Spoon to Ellen Cherry?
(a) Boomer.
(b) Patsy.
(c) Abu Hadee.
(d) Buddy.

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

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

7. What surprises Spoon about Painted Stick's reception of her after she rejoins the other objects?
(a) He amorous attentions.
(b) His absent mindedness.
(c) His eager questioning.
(d) His laconic indifference.

8. Which objects are picked up by Buddy in the Seventh Veil?
(a) Conch Shell and Painted Stick.
(b) Can 'o Beans and Spoon.
(c) Dirty Sock and Conch Shell.
(d) Painted Stick and Spoon.

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

10. Who commissions Boomer's sculpture in Jerusalem?
(a) Ultima.
(b) The Israeli goverment.
(c) Spike and Abu.
(d) Buddy.

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Painted Stick move quickly?

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

3. What nationality does Salome, the belly dancer, claim to be?

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

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

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