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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. How do Painted Stick and Conch Shell think Boomer and Ellen Cherry can help them?
(a) The can help them find their true master.
(b) They can give them the power of motion.
(c) They can help them get to Jerusalem.
(d) They can help them fall back to sleep.

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

3. Who are Spike Cohen and Roland Abu Hadee?
(a) Buddy's partners in his quest to rebuild the temple.
(b) Founders of Isaac and Ishmael's.
(c) Movie producers.
(d) Doormen in Ellen Cherry's building.

4. What does Ellen Cherry choose to do during her celebration with Boomer at the Drive-in?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Make love to Boomer.
(c) Watch the movie.
(d) Work on her art.

5. Why does Spike hire Ellen Cherry?
(a) For her shoes and apolitical views.
(b) Because she's an artist.
(c) Because she is an experienced waitress.
(d) Because she is wearing a tight dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roland Abu Hadee's distinguishing feature?

2. What happens when Boomer and Ellen Cherry are in the western bar?

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

4. What about Conch Shell immediately attracts Dirty Sock?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Turn Around Norman's Activity. How is it important in the novel?

2. All of the objects are given a gender except Can 'o Beans. Why is this significant?

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

4. Can 'o Beans says that "imprecise speech is one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings." What do you think is meant by this?

5. 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?

6. Why does Ellen Cherry give up her art?

7. What does Robbins say about religion at the end of the Fourth Veil?

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

9. What do we learn about Buddy and Verlin when they forcefully remove Ellen Cherry from her art class?

10. What do you think is significant about the fact that Boomer and Ellen Cherry wake up Painted Stick and Conch Shell?

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