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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 Turn Around Norman's trick?
(a) Backflips.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Turning around slowly.
(d) Walking on his hands through revolving doors.

2. After Boomer picks Ellen Cherry up in the Turkey, where do they go?
(a) California.
(b) They don't know.
(c) Back home.
(d) New York.

3. Where is Painted Stick abandoned?
(a) In the forest.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a basement.
(d) On a rooftop.

4. What is the nickname that the Berliners make up for Spike Cohen's family?
(a) The turtle family.
(b) The crab family.
(c) The rabbit family.
(d) The feline family.

5. According to the narrator, religion inevitably leads to what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Enlightenment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the barkeep say his sister sees after having a couple of drinks during the day?

2. Where is the first place Ellen Cherry goes after she leaves art school?

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

4. What request does Ellen Cherry make of Spike and Abu?

5. What event keeps being repeated at the I & I?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Boomer turn an airstream into a Turkey?

3. What are some ways you can interpret Boomer's spy coat sculpture in which he declares his love for Ellen Cherry in a 500 different encoded messages?

4. Describe why Boomer says he feels guilty about his success as an artist.

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

6. Do you see any irony in Salome's determination only to do the Dance of the Seven Veils if she can have John the Baptist's head on a platter? Why or why not?

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

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

9. What are the the origins of Spike Cohen's foot fetish?

10. Robbins writes, "Those people who recognize that imagination is reality's master, we call 'sages', and those who act upon it, we call 'artists.'" What do you think he means by this and why is the distinction important?

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