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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 shot after the Dance of the Seven Veils?
(a) Buddy and Ellen Cherry.
(b) Buddy, the dancer, and the detective.
(c) The band members and the dancer.
(d) Spike and Abu.

2. Who hears Spike and Ellen Cherry after hours in the I &I?
(a) The guard.
(b) Raoul.
(c) Abu.
(d) Ultima.

3. What painting does Buddy accidentally uncover in Ellen Cherry's apartment?
(a) Spoon in a bowl of jelly.
(b) The objects on a carousel.
(c) A nude Boomer under a purple elephant.
(d) A nude Boomer with a thousand tongues.

4. What part of the belly dancer's body represents the first veil that is removed in her Dance of the Seven Veils?
(a) Throat.
(b) Face.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Pelvic region.

5. Which objects are picked up by Buddy in the Seventh Veil?
(a) Painted Stick and Spoon.
(b) Dirty Sock and Conch Shell.
(c) Conch Shell and Painted Stick.
(d) Can 'o Beans and Spoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is it when Salome joins the band at the I & I?

2. Who does Ellen call to see if Boomer is back in town?

3. Who protects Spoon as she finds her way back to the Cathedral?

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

5. What is Boomer's final gift to Ellen Cherry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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