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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 Verlin doing when he faints?
2. From what vantage point does Spoon spy on Ellen Cherry and her family?
3. Why is Ellen Cherry's visit to Ultima a relief?
4. Where does Ellen Cherry have to go to pick up the money Boomer sends her?
5. Who commissions Boomer's sculpture in Jerusalem?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Explain the final revelation evoked by The Dance of the Seven Veils.
3. Explain the conversation that Ellen Cherry has with Patsy on the phone the day after she sleeps with Spike.
4. Painted Stick strikes a human in order to save Spoon from being picked up. Explain why he feels so bad about this.
5. What is Uncle Buddy's reasoning for attempting to blow up the Dome of the Rock?
6. Throughout the novel so far, Ellen Cherry seems to be cosmically bound to the group of objects. As they try to escape, Buddy catches two of them. Which objects does he catch and is Buddy also cosmically connected to the objects? Why?
7. Describe the group of objects in Ellen Cherry's underwear drawer.
8. Ellen Cherry is clearly upset by the disappearance of Spoon. Explain how you think she feels.
9. Describe what happens to Ellen Cherry when she plays the eye game looking at Spoon.
10. When Ultima and Ellen Cherry talk about art, Ultima says that some artists admit defeat and stop trying to be original. Ellen Cherry disagrees with this and says artists always strive for originality. Why do you think this conversation inspires her to begin painting again?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Several ideas about art and the role of the artist are explored throughout the novel. Choose three characters and compare their ideas of art and the artist. In order to accomplish this, you have to define or characterize each character's theory or art. You may choose any character that you can develop a coherent theory of art for, but some of the more obvious choices are Ellen Cherry, Boomer, Ultima, and Buddy.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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