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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is present in the framed photographs of Nana and Sebastian's house that Sebastian says no one ever notices unless he points it out?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A sock.
(c) A bird.
(d) An American flag.

2. What does Jared say is responsible for the scar on his chest?
(a) Spleen surgery.
(b) A tiger attack.
(c) Heart transplant surgery.
(d) An appendectomy.

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

4. In what state do Nana and Sebastian live?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Kentucky.

5. What is different about Sebastian and Nana's home in relation to the other homes in town?
(a) It is octagonal in shape.
(b) It is a glass dome.
(c) It is made of metal.
(d) It is ten stories tall.

6. What is Sebastian's father doing in the only photograph of him that Sebastian has ever seen?
(a) Doing a somersault.
(b) Spring peanut butter on bread.
(c) Lying in bed.
(d) Playing tennis.

7. What does Jared call Janice when she asks Jared if he has played his electric guitar for Sebastian?
(a) Dollface.
(b) Mother.
(c) Mommy.
(d) Janice.

8. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles says, "I will forge my journey" in a particular way "to keep accepting and totally boneheaded notions from blinding me to truth" (7). What is that the particular way the principle says one's journey should be forged?
(a) Without pause.
(b) With others.
(c) Alone.
(d) Fearlessly.

9. What does Sebastian notice in a tree outside Jared's house the first time he visits him?
(a) A flag.
(b) A purple pair of sneakers.
(c) A kite.
(d) A frisbee.

10. What happens to cut the first youth group meeting short?
(a) The curtains catch on fire.
(b) Jared throws up.
(c) Meredith gets caught making out with a boy.
(d) The Bible study group shows up early.

11. 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) "Don't ever leave me" (27).
(b) "Praise Bucky" (27).
(c) "You are going away" (27).
(d) "Please be good" (27).

12. What does Sebestian tell the record store clerk that convinces the clerk to sell Sebastian a CD normally restricted from purchase by minors?
(a) It is the first CD he has ever bought.
(b) He is an orphan.
(c) His grandmother just had a stroke.
(d) He lives in the dome on the hill.

13. According to Nana, the universe is sending a certain thing to people every day. What does she say the universe is sending?
(a) Signals.
(b) Puzzles to solve.
(c) Creative inspiration.
(d) Energy.

14. Jared tells Sebastian that if he says no to joining the band, he should not plan on doing what?
(a) Being Jared's friend.
(b) Getting paid back.
(c) Ever coming home.
(d) Making a hit record.

15. What does Sebastian say to the Whitcombs just after he tells them his name?
(a) The hose is in the backyard.
(b) Do we get to choose how we pose?
(c) We don't want any.
(d) Welcome to the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one reason the Greater Intellect cites when it tells Buckminster Fuller that he should not commit suicide?

2. When Sebastian first decides to disobey Nana by learning about punk rock music online, what subject does he continue to study across the room between web searches?

3. Sebastian says that when he was young, Nana would tell him that they lived inside what kind of object?

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

5. What kind of plan does Sebastian tell Jared he has when he sends an email accepting Jared's offer to a position in Jared's band?

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