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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Sebastian use to refer to his instrument in the band that prompts Jared to tell him never to call it that again?
(a) Bass.
(b) Bass guitar.
(c) Electric banjo.
(d) Axe.

2. What type of shape composes Sebastian and Nana's geodesic dome?
(a) Equilateral triangles.
(b) Octagons.
(c) Isoceles triangles.
(d) Spheres.

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

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

5. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?
(a) Marlboros.
(b) Lucky Strikes.
(c) American Spirits.
(d) Camels.

6. 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) Energy.
(c) Creative inspiration.
(d) Puzzles to solve.

7. 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?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Calculus.

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

9. For what purpose does Sebastian regularly scale his house using suction cups?
(a) To look through the telescope on the roof.
(b) To clean off the bird droppings.
(c) To engage in photography.
(d) To frighten the neighbors.

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

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

12. 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) Hang up.
(c) Tell Jared his life story.
(d) Swear at Jared.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one thing Janice mentions to Sebastian as one of Jared's problems when she drops him off at the dome for the first time?

2. What reason does Nana cite for the need to get more money coming into the household?

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

4. What fact does Sebastian discover about Buckminster Fuller when he realizes he can see through the portions of the biography that Nana has blacked out?

5. For what sole purpose does Nana keep an active phone line in the house?

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