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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 do with her paintings of the objects?
(a) She paints over them with white paint.
(b) She burns them.
(c) She gives them to Turn Around Norman.
(d) She sells them to Ultima.

2. Who or What do the objects in the drawer with Spoon think Phoenicians are?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Bagel makers.
(c) Inventors of the Phoenician Blind.
(d) A race of sailors.

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

4. What is Boomer's final gift to Ellen Cherry?
(a) Spoon.
(b) A portrait of her.
(c) The Turkey.
(d) Can 'o Beans.

5. To what does Abu attribute the frequent accomplishments of the Jews?
(a) Sheer luck.
(b) Their focus on the present instead of the afterlife.
(c) Their innate sense of mathematics.
(d) Their work ethic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the I & I the most popular restaurant in the city?

2. Why are the streets of New York deserted the night that Spike returns after being shot?

3. What band member is added to the I & I band?

4. What task does Boomer perform for Buddy in Jerusalem?

5. Why does Turn Around Norman stop performing?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Describe the appeal of the belly dancer, Salome, to the male audience.

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

5. How can we interpret the fact that the ancient Salome performs the Dance of the Seven Veils in exchange for John the Baptiste's head and the modern Salome performs it because of Ellen Cherry's painting?

6. 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?

7. Explain the conversation that Ellen Cherry has with Patsy on the phone the day after she sleeps with Spike.

8. Describe what happens to Spoon when she falls out of the window.

9. Describe Ellen Cherry's feelings for Buddy after he tells her why he wants to destroy the Dome of Rock.

10. Describe what happens to Ellen Cherry when she plays the eye game looking at Spoon.

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