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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. What does Nana cite as the reason that she had not attended Buckminster Fuller's funeral?
(a) She had missed her flight.
(b) She had not been invited.
(c) She had been angry at him for dying.
(d) She had been too grief-stricken.

2. What side effect of his new medication does Jared admit to Sebastian upon Sebastian's first visit to the Whitcombs' house?
(a) It makes his ears ring.
(b) It gives him vertigo.
(c) It makes his vision blurry.
(d) It makes him have to go to the bathroom frequently.

3. What drink does Sebastian experience for the first time to accompany his first grilled cheese sandwich ever?
(a) A grape soda.
(b) A strawberry soda.
(c) A cola.
(d) A ginger ale.

4. 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) She is moving to Chile.
(b) The city has revoked their permits to operate a business.
(c) The heating bill has risen too high.
(d) Sebestian does not have the necessary aptitude for teaching.

5. When Sebastian first decides to disobey Nana by learning about punk rock music online, what subject does he continue to study across the room between web searches?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Geometry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state do Nana and Sebastian live?

2. In Buckminster Fuller's most famous quote about religion, what had he said about God?

3. Nana tells Sebastian that he can be just like Buckminster Fuller and can help people become what adjective?

4. Buckminster Fuller thought that the largest problem with the planet Earth was that it did not come with what?

5. What does Janice Whitcomb repeatedly cite as the reason that Mr. Whitcomb is never home?

(see the answer key)

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