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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 NOT one reason the Greater Intellect cites when it tells Buckminster Fuller that he should not commit suicide?
(a) He does not have the right to kill himself.
(b) He is too strong a swimmer to drown himself.
(c) He would be hurting others.
(d) He is important to the universe.

2. When Sebastian calls Jared for the first time and Jared asks why he has called, what does Sebastian reveal to the reader that he then has the urge to do?
(a) Start crying.
(b) Tell Jared his life story.
(c) Hang up.
(d) Swear at Jared.

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

4. When Jared asks Sebastian to start a band with him, he says he needs somebody who will do what he says, not someone with a real what?
(a) Chops.
(b) Personality.
(c) A flair for music.
(d) Talent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Nana opens her eyes and speaks to Sebastian just before he leaves the hospital the day of her stroke, what does she say?

3. What does Jared say is responsible for the scar on his chest?

4. What does the strong vinegary odor in Jared's room turn out to be?

5. What phrase is scratched into the wood of Jared's bedroom door?

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