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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Welcome to the Future - Chapter 6: The True Path of the Voyager.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sebastian say to the Whitcombs just after he tells them his name?
(a) The hose is in the backyard.
(b) Welcome to the future.
(c) Do we get to choose how we pose?
(d) We don't want any.

2. What type of shape composes Sebastian and Nana's geodesic dome?
(a) Octagons.
(b) Equilateral triangles.
(c) Spheres.
(d) Isoceles triangles.

3. When Nana opens her eyes and speaks to Sebastian just before he leaves the hospital the day of her stroke, what does she say?
(a) "You are going away" (27).
(b) "Don't ever leave me" (27).
(c) "Praise Bucky" (27).
(d) "Please be good" (27).

4. What object is present in the framed photographs of Nana and Sebastian's house that Sebastian says no one ever notices unless he points it out?
(a) An American flag.
(b) A trash can.
(c) A bird.
(d) A sock.

5. For what purpose does Nana first ask Sebastian to purchase paint in town?
(a) To paint the countries of the world on their home.
(b) To change the signs for tourists.
(c) To paint the kitchen cabinets.
(d) To paint the fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles by which Sebastian and Nana live says, "Every day I will give myself wholly to" (7) what?

2. For what purpose do the Whitcombs arrive at Sebastian and Nana's house the first time they come?

3. What is the only word Sebastian recognizes from the first punk song Jared ever plays for him?

4. Nana tells Sebastian that an education means knowing how to do what?

5. The first time Sebastian hears punk rock music, what simile does he use to describe the sound inside his head?

(see the answer key)

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