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

2. 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) Philanthropic action.
(b) Self-awareness.
(c) My community.
(d) Futurist thinking.

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

4. What does Janice Whitcomb repeatedly cite as the reason that Mr. Whitcomb is never home?
(a) He is frequently in the hospital for heart trouble.
(b) He and Janice are legally separated.
(c) He travels a lot for his sales job.
(d) He spends a lot of time taking care of his ill mother.

5. Where does Sebastian first stow the bass that he steals from the church?
(a) In the abandoned van at the end of his road.
(b) In his bedroom closet.
(c) In Jared's attic.
(d) In the shed behind the dome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink does Sebastian experience for the first time to accompany his first grilled cheese sandwich ever?

2. Sebastian tells the reader that when he was five years old, the only way he could fall asleep was if what action was being done?

3. What lie does Sebastian tell Nana when he returns from his first visit to the Whitcombs' house?

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

5. What does Sebastian say to the Whitcombs just after he tells them his name?

(see the answer key)

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