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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Tensional Forces - Chapter 13: A Model World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buckminster Fuller thought that the largest problem with the planet Earth was that it did not come with what?
(a) An implosion button.
(b) A maid.
(c) An instruction booklet.
(d) A caretaker.

2. What fact does Sebastian discover about Buckminster Fuller when he realizes he can see through the portions of the biography that Nana has blacked out?
(a) He had spent a lot of time in brothels.
(b) He had earned a college degree at the age of twelve.
(c) He had been romantically involved with Nana.
(d) He had been a con man.

3. In what season does the novel's story begin?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

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

5. When Nana finally explains the reason why she believes they cannot stay open for tourists after her stroke, what does she say is the reason?
(a) The city has revoked their permits to operate a business.
(b) Sebestian does not have the necessary aptitude for teaching.
(c) The heating bill has risen too high.
(d) She is moving to Chile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Janice do when she drops off Sebastian at the dome for the first time that makes Sebastian wonder how often other families touch each other?

2. When Nana is allowed to go home after three days in the hospital, what are her first words to Sebastian after she calls his name in the night?

3. Jared says he does not play his electric guitar at the church because it would make God so mad that He would have to take what action?

4. What item does Nana name as Sebastian's sales quota for the day the Whitcombs arrive?

5. For what purpose does Sebastian regularly scale his house using suction cups?

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