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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27: Weightless on the Ground - Chapter 33: See You Forever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buckminster Fuller thought that the largest problem with the planet Earth was that it did not come with what?
(a) An implosion button.
(b) A maid.
(c) A caretaker.
(d) An instruction booklet.

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

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

4. Nana tells Sebastian that an education means knowing how to do what?
(a) Support yourself.
(b) Do everything.
(c) Live fiercely.
(d) Have common sense.

5. What number act is The Rash within the talent show lineup?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the newspaper that runs a less than flattering story about the geodesic dome?

3. After his ejection from Harvard, Buckminster Fuller's parents had sent him to be an apprentice in a textiles factory in what Canadian province?

4. Who acts as the emcee for the talent show?

5. How many copies of the handmade poster mentioning The Rash do Sebastian and Meredith make and post in their first round of marketing?

(see the answer key)

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