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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 does Ellen Cherry notice about her apartment after the detective is there?
2. Where does the detective deposit Spoon after leaving the I & I?
3. How do the objects that are with Buddy plan to get to Jerusalem?
4. Who or What do the objects in the drawer with Spoon think Phoenicians are?
5. Who does Painted Stick strike?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the group of objects in Ellen Cherry's underwear drawer.
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. Describe the appeal of the belly dancer, Salome, to the male audience.
4. Why does Patsy's question concerning second marriage bother Buddy?
5. Why do you think that Robbins ends the novel with Spoon?
6. Explain the conversation that Ellen Cherry has with Patsy on the phone the day after she sleeps with Spike.
7. Why do you think Salome chooses to perform the Dance of the Seven Veils during the Super Bowl?
8. Describe the statue Boomer is making in Jerusalem and comment on its significance.
9. What is Uncle Buddy's reasoning for attempting to blow up the Dome of the Rock?
10. Is there a reason why Dirty Sock is the only object left behind when the objects escape and never makes it to Jerusalem?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore the significance of Isaac and Ishmael's. Describe the symbolism of the restaurant as well as it's political implications. The narrator talks a lot about this in the fourth veil, when the restaurant is introduced. Include this information, but don't limit your discussion to it. You may also want to consider the significance of Spike and Abu's backgrounds and characters.
Essay Topic 2
Over the course of this novel, Ellen Cherry undergoes many personal changes. When we first meet her, she is an artist. Soon, however, she is married and struggling both with her art and her marriage. Ultimately, she seems to come to terms with both. How does she manage to do this? In what ways does Ellen Cherry change and grow as a person throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Compare the contrast the two radically different political positions represented by Spike and Abu on the one hand and Buddy on the other. What do they each think about the conflict in the middle east? How do their ideas, both about it's background and the best possible resolution to the conflict, differ? Consider the problem or issue of interpretation in history.
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