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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. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles by which Sebastian and Nana live says, "Every day I will give myself wholly to" (7) what?
(a) Self-awareness.
(b) Philanthropic action.
(c) Futurist thinking.
(d) My community.
2. What reason does Nana cite for the need to get more money coming into the household?
(a) Nana's social security payments will soon be cut off.
(b) Sebastian will soon need money for a new soccer uniform.
(c) The water bill is going up.
(d) The heating bill is going up.
3. Nana tells Sebastian that an education means knowing how to do what?
(a) Live fiercely.
(b) Support yourself.
(c) Have common sense.
(d) Do everything.
4. What type of shape composes Sebastian and Nana's geodesic dome?
(a) Octagons.
(b) Isoceles triangles.
(c) Spheres.
(d) Equilateral triangles.
5. 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) "Praise Bucky" (27).
(b) "Don't ever leave me" (27).
(c) "Please be good" (27).
(d) "You are going away" (27).
Short Answer Questions
1. What emotion does Sebastian finally realize he has been feeling in the cramped area beneath his ribs?
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. According to Nana, the universe is sending a certain thing to people every day. What does she say the universe is sending?
4. What is the only word Sebastian recognizes from the first punk song Jared ever plays for him?
5. What is the name of the first record store that Sebastian ever visits in his life?
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