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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27: Weightless on the Ground - Chapter 33: See You Forever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jared comes home from the hospital, what does he need help doing when he first walks in the door?
(a) Taking off his shoes.
(b) Sitting down.
(c) Taking a drink of water.
(d) Taking off his coat.

2. Sebastian says that when he was young, Nana would tell him that they lived inside what kind of object?
(a) A snow globe.
(b) An igloo.
(c) A golf ball.
(d) A ruby.

3. What band does Jared say he and Sebastian sound "kind of like" (148) when they play their first notes together during practice?
(a) The Cramps.
(b) Gang of Four.
(c) The Damned.
(d) The Misfits.

4. Though Jared had been told that it could take up to a year, about how long did his doctors tell him it would likely take for a new heart to become available for his transplant?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 60 days.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 30 days.

5. What is Nana's legal first name?
(a) Martha.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Rosalind.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sebastian calls Jared for the first time and Jared asks why he has called, what does Sebastian reveal to the reader that he then has the urge to do?

2. In what state do Nana and Sebastian live?

3. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles says, "I will forge my journey" in a particular way "to keep accepting and totally boneheaded notions from blinding me to truth" (7). What is that the particular way the principle says one's journey should be forged?

4. What kind of plan does Sebastian tell Jared he has when he sends an email accepting Jared's offer to a position in Jared's band?

5. How long had it actually taken to receive a heart for Jared's heart transplant?

(see the answer key)

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