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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 Ellen Cherry resolve with regard to Turn Around Norman?
(a) To stop watching him.
(b) To watch him every day.
(c) To introduce herself to him.
(d) To alter the position from which she watches him.

2. Where is Ellen Cherry in the section of the book called The Fourth Veil?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Texas.
(d) California.

3. Who mends Can 'o Beans with a welding torch?
(a) Spoon.
(b) Dirty Sock.
(c) Boomer.
(d) Painted Stick.

4. Who is attacked by a porcupine?
(a) Conch Shell.
(b) Can 'o Beans.
(c) Painted Stick.
(d) Dirty Sock.

5. What does Buddy tell Ellen Cherry she should do after seeing her at the I & I?
(a) Sleep with him.
(b) Stop making art.
(c) Divorce Boomer.
(d) Get back together with Boomer.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do the airstream (that becomes the turkey) originally belong?

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

3. What does Boomer Petway use to trick Ellen Cherry Charles into marrying him?

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

5. The only time we see Buddy at home, what is he doing that is unusual for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn about Ellen Cherry in the first few sections of the novel?

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

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

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

7. The Third Veil turns out to be the veil of political illusion. Robbins says that politics is "the compulsion to preside over property and make other people's decisions for them." He says that liberty can't be a result of political action. In what ways does this seem true and in what ways not true?

8. The first line in this section is "the pendulum swung yet again." It is referring to Can 'o Beans account of religious history. What does this suggest about religion?

9. What do we learn about Boomer Petway in the first few sections of the novel?

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

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