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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 holding them back.
(b) Something they want to forget.
(c) Something they hate.
(d) Something they covet.

2. What does Sebastian uncover about Sid Vicious's amplifier in his research about the punk rock icon?
(a) It had a 500-watt power source.
(b) It caught fire.
(c) It was vintage circa 1932.
(d) It was rarely plugged in.

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

4. The first time Sebastian hears punk rock music, what simile does he use to describe the sound inside his head?
(a) Like a chainsaw.
(b) Like a bomb.
(c) Like a mushroom cloud.
(d) Like a can opener.

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

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

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

9. When Nana is allowed to go home after three days in the hospital, what are her first words to Sebastian after she calls his name in the night?
(a) "I am yours" (30).
(b) "You are mine" (30).
(c) "Carry on without me" (30).
(d) "Your parents would be proud" (30).

10. What band's first album does Jared play for Sebastian just after he warns him to prepare for "having his shit rocked"? (21)
(a) The Sex Pistols.
(b) The Misfits.
(c) The Cramps.
(d) The Clash.

11. For what purpose do the Whitcombs arrive at Sebastian and Nana's house the first time they come?
(a) To sell homeowners' insurance.
(b) To take photographs for the local newspaper.
(c) As part of a cleaning crew.
(d) As tourists.

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

13. In what season does the novel's story begin?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

14. 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 throw a rock through the dome's glass.
(c) He will beat his ass.
(d) He will never speak to him again.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Nana name as Sebastian's sales quota for the day the Whitcombs arrive?

2. In what state do Nana and Sebastian live?

3. What does Janice do when she drops off Sebastian at the dome for the first time that makes Sebastian wonder how often other families touch each other?

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

5. What happens to cut the first youth group meeting short?

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