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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Janice instruct the youth group members to write on their note cards that they will then burn?
(a) Something they covet.
(b) Something they hate.
(c) Something they want to forget.
(d) Something holding them back.

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

3. 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?
(a) If music was playing.
(b) If he had a picture of his deceased parents near him.
(c) If he was bedding down on the back porch.
(d) If Nana's hand was on his back.

4. Jared says he does not play his electric guitar at the church because it would make God so mad that He would have to take what action?
(a) Blow up the chapel.
(b) Strangle an angel.
(c) Send another flood.
(d) Kill Jared.

5. What reason does Nana cite for the need to get more money coming into the household?
(a) The water bill is going up.
(b) Sebastian will soon need money for a new soccer uniform.
(c) Nana's social security payments will soon be cut off.
(d) The heating bill is going up.

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

7. For what sole purpose does Nana keep an active phone line in the house?
(a) For medical emergencies.
(b) For the comforting sound of its infrequent rings.
(c) In case of calls from prospective tourists.
(d) To call out for pizza.

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

9. 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 Jared's attic.
(c) In his bedroom closet.
(d) In the shed behind the dome.

10. 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) Talent.
(b) A flair for music.
(c) Personality.
(d) Chops.

11. What does Jared do when Sebastian reaches out to touch Jared's scar?
(a) Yells loudly for his mom.
(b) Backs away.
(c) Punches him.
(d) Grabs his hand.

12. What lie does Sebastian tell Nana when he returns from his first visit to the Whitcombs' house?
(a) He has altered the dome signs.
(b) He does not want friends.
(c) He hates her.
(d) He is not lonely.

13. What vision does Nana have when she is attuned to the signals of a Greater Intellect?
(a) A kaleidoscope.
(b) A gyroscope.
(c) A hexagonal abode.
(d) A geoscope.

14. 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 sock.
(b) A bird.
(c) A trash can.
(d) An American flag.

15. When Sebastian receives an email from Jared after his first visit to the Whitcombs' house, what does Jared write that he will do if Sebastian ever tries to touch him again?
(a) He will tell Janice.
(b) He will beat his ass.
(c) He will throw a rock through the dome's glass.
(d) He will never speak to him again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about Sebastian and Nana's home in relation to the other homes in town?

2. What does Janice Whitcomb repeatedly cite as the reason that Mr. Whitcomb is never home?

3. What question does Sebastian write on his note card during the youth group activity?

4. What type of shape composes Sebastian and Nana's geodesic dome?

5. What is the name of the first record store that Sebastian ever visits in his life?

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