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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 tells Ellen Cherry that Buddy is going ahead with his plan to blow up the Dome of the Rock?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Verlin.
(c) Patsy.
(d) Boomer.

2. From what vantage point does Spoon spy on Ellen Cherry and her family?
(a) The radiator.
(b) The floor.
(c) The mantle.
(d) The coffee table.

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

4. What "grave transgression" does Painted Stick commit?
(a) He misleads a human being seeking direction.
(b) He speaks to a human being.
(c) He abandons the other objects.
(d) He strikes a human being.

5. What surprises Spoon about Painted Stick's reception of her after she rejoins the other objects?
(a) His absent mindedness.
(b) He amorous attentions.
(c) His laconic indifference.
(d) His eager questioning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Ellen Cherry agree to do that pleases Spike while he's visiting her apartment?

4. What does Ellen Cherry do with the spoon when she takes her out of the drawer?

5. What does Ellen Cherry notice about her apartment after the detective is there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Throughout the novel so far, Ellen Cherry seems to be cosmically bound to the group of objects. As they try to escape, Buddy catches two of them. Which objects does he catch and is Buddy also cosmically connected to the objects? Why?

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

4. Why does Patsy's question concerning second marriage bother Buddy?

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

7. Why do you think that Robbins ends the novel with Spoon?

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

9. Explain the final revelation evoked by The Dance of the Seven Veils.

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

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