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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Experiments in Rocking - Chapter 20: The Mission.

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 Jared is mean to Sebastian during their first visit at Jared's house and Sebastian tries to leave, what stops him?
(a) Jared's admission about the source of his room's smell.
(b) A rainstorm.
(c) Janice's offer of grilled cheese sandwiches.
(d) Jared's apology.

3. 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) My community.
(c) Futurist thinking.
(d) Philanthropic action.

4. When Nana has a stroke, how long does Sebastian tell the reader it takes the ambulance to arrive after Janice Whitcomb calls 911?
(a) 8 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 14 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

5. Sebastian says that when he was young, Nana would tell him that they lived inside what kind of object?
(a) A ruby.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A snow globe.
(d) An igloo.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the time Sebastian works on the Geoscope with Nana during the day, what does he do at night?

2. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?

3. What is the only item Sebastian finds he can afford at the cafe he wanders into after Nana kicks him out of the house?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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