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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 is Sebastian's father doing in the only photograph of him that Sebastian has ever seen?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Lying in bed.
(c) Doing a somersault.
(d) Spring peanut butter on bread.

2. One of Buckminster Fuller's visions was called a Cloud Nine. How did he define a Cloud Nine?
(a) A heated, levitating domicile.
(b) A terrible nuclear explosion.
(c) A state of pure bliss.
(d) A puffy pastry that would raise one's IQ.

3. The first time Sebastian hears punk rock music, what simile does he use to describe the sound inside his head?
(a) Like a mushroom cloud.
(b) Like a bomb.
(c) Like a chainsaw.
(d) Like a can opener.

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

5. For what purpose do the Whitcombs arrive at Sebastian and Nana's house the first time they come?
(a) As part of a cleaning crew.
(b) As tourists.
(c) To sell homeowners' insurance.
(d) To take photographs for the local newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What band's first album does Jared play for Sebastian just after he warns him to prepare for "having his shit rocked"? (21)

2. 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?

3. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?

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

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?

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