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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 Roland Abu Hadee do after he is kicked out of school?
(a) Joins a religious commune.
(b) Takes a road trip.
(c) Works as a dishwasher.
(d) Works as a waiter.

2. What is the fifth veil?
(a) The illusion of financial worth.
(b) The illusion of art.
(c) The illusion of human creation.
(d) The illusion of fame.

3. What happens to Spike Cohen?
(a) He gets shot in the head.
(b) He is beat up by a patron at the restaurant.
(c) He breaks his leg.
(d) He has a heart attack.

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

5. How do Painted Stick and Conch Shell know Jezebel?
(a) She admires them when she visits the observatory.
(b) She finds the observatory where they are originally housed.
(c) She is a priestess in the observatory.
(d) Her parents own the observatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Spoon?

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

3. How do Painted Stick and Conch Shell think Boomer and Ellen Cherry can help them?

4. Who compares the American cowboy to the samurai?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Robbins say about religion at the end of 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 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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