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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. After sleeping together, what do Ellen Cherry and Boomer leave behind?
(a) A shoe and a $20 bill.
(b) A dirty sock, a silver spoon, and a can of beans.
(c) A book, Boomer's shirt, and a shoe.
(d) A cassette tape and a camera.

2. What event keeps being repeated at the I & I?
(a) Shootings.
(b) Art shows.
(c) Bomb threats.
(d) Sightings of famous people.

3. Who wakes up at the end of the First Veil?
(a) Painted Stick and Conch Shell.
(b) Purple Rock and Twisted Pine.
(c) Ellen Cherry.
(d) Boomer.

4. What is Isaac and Ishmael's?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) A new religion.
(d) A club.

5. To what does Patsy Charles attribute Ellen Cherry Charles' move to New York?
(a) Patsy's influence.
(b) Her father's encouragment to become an artist.
(c) Ellen Cherry's wildness.
(d) Her uncle's in laws loaned her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Painted Stick abandoned?

2. Who donates Conch Shell to the Observatory?

3. What does Can 'o Beans identify as one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings?

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

5. What are Boomer and Ellen Cherry celebrating at a Drive-in?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Verlin, Patsy, and Buddy go to see a "miracle", which turns out to be nothing more than a shadow on a freezer. What does an incident like this seem to say about people's relationship to religion and mystery? Does it cast a reflection on Buddy's miracle?

4. The fifth veil has to do with removing the illusion of the value of money. Is money's value really an illusion? Explain why or why not.

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

6. 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?

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

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

10. Why do you think that Ellen Cherry covers a nude portrait of Boomer with tongues?

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