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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. Who comes to Buddy's apartment the night he is supposed to leave for Jerusalem?
(a) Patsy.
(b) CIA officers.
(c) Israeli Secret Service officers.
(d) Ellen Cherry.

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

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

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

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

14. What gift does Spike give to the I & I ?
(a) New chairs.
(b) A surround sound stereo system.
(c) A new stove.
(d) A high definition TV.

15. To what does Abu attribute the frequent accomplishments of the Jews?
(a) Their innate sense of mathematics.
(b) Sheer luck.
(c) Their focus on the present instead of the afterlife.
(d) Their work ethic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the streets of New York deserted the night that Spike returns after being shot?

2. What season is it when Salome joins the band at the I & I?

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

4. Why does Turn Around Norman stop performing?

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

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