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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Painted Stick and Conch Shell do for the other objects immediately after meeting them?
(a) Give them an energy boost so they can move.
(b) Sing ancient songs to them.
(c) Tidy them up.
(d) Give them the power of speech.

2. After sleeping together, what do Ellen Cherry and Boomer leave behind?
(a) A shoe and a $20 bill.
(b) A dirty sock, a silver spoon, and a can of beans.
(c) A book, Boomer's shirt, and a shoe.
(d) A cassette tape and a camera.

3. What does Boomer look for that he then realizes he and Ellen Cherry leave in the cave?
(a) Spoon.
(b) Painted Stick.
(c) Dirty sock.
(d) Can 'o Beans.

4. Where do the objects hide when they get to Manhattan?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) A gas station.
(c) Ellen Cherry's apartment.
(d) The I & I.

5. How does Spoon end up with Ellen Cherry?
(a) Ellen Cherry picks Spoon up lying in front of the Cathedral.
(b) Spoon gets mixed up with the silverware at the I & I.
(c) Ellen Cherry sees spoon trying to jump in Turn Around Norman's case.
(d) Spoon jumps into a paper bag Ellen Cherry is carrying.

6. Where is Ellen Cherry in the section of the book called The Fourth Veil?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Texas.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

7. What is Boomer's compliment for Ellen Cherry's hair?
(a) Sexual hair.
(b) Artsy hair.
(c) Playful hair.
(d) Bedroom hair.

8. After Boomer picks Ellen Cherry up in the Turkey, where do they go?
(a) They don't know.
(b) New York.
(c) Back home.
(d) California.

9. What "bomb" does Ellen Cherry get in the mail?
(a) Divorce papers.
(b) A plane ticket to Jerusalem.
(c) An invitation to Boomer's art show.
(d) News of Buddy's death.

10. What is Boomer's sculpture in the Fifth Veil constructed out of?
(a) Empty paint cans.
(b) Popcorn.
(c) Duct tape.
(d) Toilet paper rolls.

11. What is the nickname that the Berliners make up for Spike Cohen's family?
(a) The turtle family.
(b) The feline family.
(c) The rabbit family.
(d) The crab family.

12. What does Boomer Petway use to trick Ellen Cherry Charles into marrying him?
(a) He promises her a trip to Europe.
(b) An RV that looks like a turkey.
(c) An orange peel.
(d) A story about her father's dying wish.

13. Who compares the American cowboy to the samurai?
(a) Dirty Sock.
(b) Ellen Cherry Charles.
(c) Boomer Petway.
(d) Can o' Beans.

14. Boomer sells one of his sculptures on the condition that he has to go where to assemble it?
(a) Colonial Pines.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Seattle.

15. What kind of a stand does Roland Abu Hadee open?
(a) Falafel.
(b) Pretzel.
(c) Peanut.
(d) Hot dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen Cherry resolve with regard to Turn Around Norman?

2. What is Turn Around Norman's trick?

3. What happens when Boomer and Ellen Cherry are in the western bar?

4. What resolve does Ellen Cherry make with regard to her art as a result of Boomer's successful art show?

5. What do Conch Shell and Painted Stick maintain that King Solomon is not?

(see the answer keys)

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