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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 is Boomer's final gift to Ellen Cherry?
2. What is the bumper sticker slogan that Ellen Cherry and Boomer sees as they are driving across the country?
3. What band member is added to the I & I band?
4. What does Ellen Cherry decide is the root of Buddy's "hankering for apocalypse"?
5. Who is left behind, never to leave the church?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think that Robbins ends the novel with Spoon?
2. 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?
3. Why do you think Salome chooses to perform the Dance of the Seven Veils during the Super Bowl?
4. Painted Stick strikes a human in order to save Spoon from being picked up. Explain why he feels so bad about this.
5. Describe the statue Boomer is making in Jerusalem and comment on its significance.
6. Describe the appeal of the belly dancer, Salome, to the male audience.
7. 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?
8. Describe what happens to Spoon when she falls out of the window.
9. Is there a reason why Dirty Sock is the only object left behind when the objects escape and never makes it to Jerusalem?
10. Describe what happens to Ellen Cherry when she plays the eye game looking at Spoon.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What position does the narrator, or the novel as a whole, take on organized religion? Explain the position and find at least three pieces of supporting evidence to show how you arrived at this conclusion. If you decide that the novel is critiquing organized religion, does it offer any alternatives?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Explore the significance of the title. Ellen Cherry comments that Salome has skinny legs for a belly dancer. Why do you think that Robbins chose this as the defining moment of the novel?
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