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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Spike Cohen's fetish?
(a) Feet.
(b) Breasts.
(c) Wrists.
(d) Sex toys.

2. What does Ellen Cherry do while she watches Turn Around Norman?
(a) Always stands behind him.
(b) Always stands in front of him.
(c) Touches him lightly on the hand.
(d) Sits completely still.

3. What is Isaac and Ishmael's?
(a) A club.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A new religion.
(d) An art gallery.

4. What does the barkeep say his sister sees after having a couple of drinks during the day?
(a) A stick and a Conch Shell jumping in the trunk of her car.
(b) A stick, a fork or spoon, and a sock walking down the road.
(c) A can of beans and spoon looking in her window.
(d) A stick, a fork or spoon, and can of beans carrying a sock.

5. Who does Boomer say is shot in the head while hanging a picture?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Abe Lincoln.
(c) Jesse James.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a stand does Roland Abu Hadee open?

2. What resolve does Ellen Cherry make with regard to her art as a result of Boomer's successful art show?

3. Where is Ellen Cherry in the section of the book called The Fourth Veil?

4. Who wakes up at the end of the First Veil?

5. What about Buddy attracts Ellen Cherry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the sculpture that Boomer is bringing to Jerusalem to reassemble.

2. Describe Abu Hadee's history, as it's recounted in "The Fourth Veil"?

3. What is the relationship between the first veil that is revealed and the actions of the novel so far?

4. What do you think Robbins is saying by personifying objects and having them secretly move?

5. Patsy suspects Buddy of seeking fame and fortune through his preaching. Does this seem likely to you, based on what you know so far about Buddy?

6. At the end of this section, Buddy avoids getting a speeding ticket by using his saxophone voice and preaching to the police officer. Is this realistic and why do you think Robbins includes it in the story?

7. When Ellen Cherry reflects on Boomer's fear that she loves art more than him, she admits that it's true, but adds that she loves art more than herself too. What does this tell us about Ellen Cherry and about her opinion of art?

8. Explain the symbolism of the I & I.

9. Describe Ellen Cherry and Boomer's relationship since he's become an well-known artist.

10. Verlin, Patsy, and Buddy go to see a "miracle", which turns out to be nothing more than a shadow on a freezer. What does an incident like this seem to say about people's relationship to religion and mystery? Does it cast a reflection on Buddy's miracle?

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