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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 the spoon when she takes her out of the drawer?
(a) Paint her.
(b) Put her in her pocket.
(c) The eye game.
(d) Spoon jelly.

2. How does Ellen Cherry characterize the new belly dancer?
(a) She says she has skinny legs.
(b) She says she's chubby.
(c) She says she's flamboyant.
(d) She says her lips are too pouty.

3. What is the band member's other talent?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Chess.
(c) Bellydancing.
(d) Reciting poetry.

4. When we first see Painted Stick moving quickly, where is he going?
(a) He is trying to find his own way across the Atlantic.
(b) He is looking for Spoon.
(c) He is looking for Buddy.
(d) He is trying to find Turn Around Norman.

5. What does the detective see in Ellen Cherry's apartment to make him suspicious?
(a) A picture of Buddy.
(b) A newsclipping about Spike's shooting.
(c) The check from Ultima.
(d) A painting of Spoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is realization associated with the seventh veil?

2. To what does Abu attribute the frequent accomplishments of the Jews?

3. What does Buddy call Muslims, Buddhists,and Hindus in light of a third world war?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the effect of the high definition TV that Spike gave to the I & I?

4. Painted Stick strikes a human in order to save Spoon from being picked up. Explain why he feels so bad about this.

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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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