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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. Who is left behind, never to leave the church?
(a) Dirty Sock.
(b) Conch Shell.
(c) Spoon.
(d) Can 'o Beans.

2. How do the objects manage to escape the church?
(a) They get Buddy to unlock the door.
(b) They get Ellen Cherry to get them.
(c) They start a fire.
(d) They create a noisy commotion.

3. What does Spoon do to prove her locomotion to the other objects in Ellen Cherry's drawer?
(a) Jump out of the drawer.
(b) Pick up the underwear.
(c) Dance.
(d) Cartwheels.

4. What season is it when Salome joins the band at the I & I?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

5. How does Painted Stick move quickly?
(a) He rolls longways.
(b) He spins from end to end like a wheel.
(c) He hops as if on one leg.
(d) He vibrates so rapidly that he is propelled almost above the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the objects that are with Buddy plan to get to Jerusalem?

2. Which painting does Ellen Cherry sell for $7000?

3. Where does Can 'o Beans end up?

4. What is the bumper sticker slogan that Ellen Cherry and Boomer sees as they are driving across the country?

5. What shift is Ellen Cherry mostly working around Christmas time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Salome chooses to perform the Dance of the Seven Veils during the Super Bowl?

2. Ellen Cherry is clearly upset by the disappearance of Spoon. Explain how you think she feels.

3. Robbins says that Conch Shell plays a major role in encouraging Painted Stick to venture out and find the ocean, but all she does is look out the window. In what way do you think she provides encouragement to Painted Stick?

4. What is Uncle Buddy's reasoning for attempting to blow up the Dome of the Rock?

5. Without art and without Boomer, Ellen Cherry is beginning to feel that life is meaningless. What do you think Robbins is saying about the relationship between the meaning we give our lives and our endeavors and/or relationships?

6. Is there a reason why Dirty Sock is the only object left behind when the objects escape and never makes it to Jerusalem?

7. Describe the group of objects in Ellen Cherry's underwear drawer.

8. Patsy tells Ellen Cherry that it seems like Boomer loves her but doesn't like her, while he likes but doesn't love Ultima. Does this seem like a true representation of Boomer's feelings, based on what you know about him so far?

9. When Ultima and Ellen Cherry talk about art, Ultima says that some artists admit defeat and stop trying to be original. Ellen Cherry disagrees with this and says artists always strive for originality. Why do you think this conversation inspires her to begin painting again?

10. Is there symbolic significance in the event when Ellen Cherry, having determined to paint again, goes looking for Turn Around Norman and finds Buddy instead?

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