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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What band member is added to the I & I band?
2. How do the objects that are with Buddy plan to get to Jerusalem?
3. Who returns Spoon to Ellen Cherry?
4. What is the bumper sticker slogan that Ellen Cherry and Boomer sees as they are driving across the country?
5. What does Ellen Cherry agree to do that pleases Spike while he's visiting her apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. Ellen Cherry is clearly upset by the disappearance of Spoon. Explain how you think she feels.
2. Why do you think Salome chooses to perform the Dance of the Seven Veils during the Super Bowl?
3. Describe the appeal of the belly dancer, Salome, to the male audience.
4. Why do you think that Robbins ends the novel with Spoon?
5. 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?
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. What is the effect of the high definition TV that Spike gave to the I & I?
8. Explain the final revelation evoked by The Dance of the Seven Veils.
9. 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?
10. Why does Patsy's question concerning second marriage bother Buddy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
All the objects, except Can 'o Beans, are given a gender. Provide an analysis of the objects in terms of gender and consider why Can 'o Beans is left genderless. What qualities do each object represent? Are these characteristics typically associated with the gender that object is assigned?
Essay Topic 2
Track the allusions to Wolfmother Wallpaper. Who or what is Wolfmother Wallpaper? What function do the allusions to Wolfmother Wallpaper play in the novel, if any?
Essay Topic 3
Consider where all the objects end up. Painted Stick and Conch Shell are hiding and waiting for the third temple. Can 'o Beans is left to rust. Spoon is picked up by Boomer and returned to Ellen Cherry. Dirty Sock is still stuck in the Manhattan cathedral. Do their final locations have some kind of symbolic significance? How is each location and/or condition in which the objects are left meaningful in the context of the novel's themes?
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