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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 does Painted Stick say he is used for?
(a) For divination purposes.
(b) As a navigational device.
(c) As a magic wand.
(d) As a walking stick.

2. What happens at the church where all the objects leave Can 'o Beans?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A murder.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A baptism.

3. What does Buddy get in trouble with law for doing?
(a) Urinating in public.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Hitting Patsy.
(d) Preaching outside a restaurant.

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

5. How is the ancient observatory, where Conch Shell and Painted Stick live, funded?
(a) By plunder from war.
(b) By Jezebel's family.
(c) By holy prostitutes.
(d) By donations made to the oracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Ellen Cherry gets advice from her bosses, who does she go to for inspiration?

2. Who do the objects send to follow Turn Around Norman?

3. What is the fifth veil?

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

5. How is Colonial Pines described?

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. Describe Ellen Cherry's eye game.

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

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

5. What does Ellen Cherry mean when she says that "'political art' is a contradiction in terms"?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. What do we learn about Patsy, Ellen Cherry's mother in the section called "The First Veil"?

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