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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Can 'o Beans end up?
(a) With Buddy.
(b) Back with Ellen Cherry.
(c) In the Dome of the Rock with Painted Stick and Conch Shell.
(d) In front of Boomer's statue.

2. What is Boomer's final gift to Ellen Cherry?
(a) A portrait of her.
(b) Spoon.
(c) The Turkey.
(d) Can 'o Beans.

3. What does Buddy do instead of going to Jerusalem?
(a) Try to sleep with Ellen Cherry.
(b) Stage a demonstration at the I & I.
(c) Start a radio talk show.
(d) Go back to Colonial Pines.

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

5. What task does Boomer perform for Buddy in Jerusalem?
(a) He carries a flock of chickens to a an old folks home.
(b) He transfers money into a Israeli bank account.
(c) He collects rocks from the Temple Mount.
(d) He delivers welding supplies to a group of rabbis.

6. Who comes to visit Ellen Cherry for Christmas?
(a) Ultima.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Patsy and Verlin.
(d) Turn Around Norman.

7. Who tells Ellen Cherry that Buddy is going ahead with his plan to blow up the Dome of the Rock?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Boomer.
(c) Patsy.
(d) Verlin.

8. Who does Painted Stick strike?
(a) Spike.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Ellen Cherry.
(d) Turn Around Norman.

9. What do Verlin and Patsy want to see while they're in New York?
(a) The Statue of Liberty.
(b) The Cathedral.
(c) Turn Around Norman.
(d) The Turkey.

10. What is Buddy's back-up plan if the Messiah doesn't come?
(a) Increase his terrorist activities.
(b) Buddy steps in and be the Messiah.
(c) To find a new religion.
(d) Come back to the U.S. and continue preaching.

11. Why do the objects need human help to leave New York?
(a) Conch Shell moves extremely slowly.
(b) It is prophesied that they receive human help.
(c) The door to the basement is locked.
(d) They need a guide.

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

13. What is the bumper sticker slogan that Ellen Cherry and Boomer sees as they are driving across the country?
(a) "I'd rather be ---".
(b) "Christains for Israel".
(c) "Project Whirrled Peas".
(d) "Some like it hot".

14. Which painting does Ellen Cherry sell for $7000?
(a) The objects.
(b) A surreal landscape.
(c) Boomer with the tongues.
(d) Nude Boomer with an ice cream cone instead of loins.

15. To what does Abu attribute the frequent accomplishments of the Jews?
(a) Their innate sense of mathematics.
(b) Their work ethic.
(c) Sheer luck.
(d) Their focus on the present instead of the afterlife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What human emotion does Can 'o Beans say both Carols and Rap are rooted in?

2. What does Buddy call Muslims, Buddhists,and Hindus in light of a third world war?

3. What is a matter of tradition for the Belly Dancer?

4. What information does Boomer give to Ellen Cherry in his letter?

5. What surprises Spoon about Painted Stick's reception of her after she rejoins the other objects?

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