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

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

3. What is Jared's answer when Sebastian asks him for theories about whether Sid had stabbed Nancy or not?
(a) Nancy killed Sid.
(b) Sid was too cool to be a murderer.
(c) Sid was framed.
(d) It is one of life's mysteries.

4. 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) "Carry on without me" (30).
(b) "You are mine" (30).
(c) "I am yours" (30).
(d) "Your parents would be proud" (30).

5. Whom does Jared name as the first punk rocker?
(a) General Patton.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Louis XIV.
(d) Napoleon.

6. What emotion does Sebastian finally realize he has been feeling in the cramped area beneath his ribs?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Confusion.

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

8. In Buckminster Fuller's most famous quote about religion, what had he said about God?
(a) God is at the heart of trigonometry.
(b) God is a verb, not a noun.
(c) God is dead.
(d) God is within us all.

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

10. 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?
(a) He had been romantically involved with Nana.
(b) He had been a con man.
(c) He had spent a lot of time in brothels.
(d) He had earned a college degree at the age of twelve.

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

12. 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 never speak to him again.
(d) He will beat his ass.

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

14. For what purpose does Nana first ask Sebastian to purchase paint in town?
(a) To paint the fence.
(b) To paint the kitchen cabinets.
(c) To change the signs for tourists.
(d) To paint the countries of the world on their home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink does Sebastian experience for the first time to accompany his first grilled cheese sandwich ever?

2. 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?

3. What does Jared call Janice when she asks Jared if he has played his electric guitar for Sebastian?

4. According to Nana, the universe is sending a certain thing to people every day. What does she say the universe is sending?

5. What denomination is the church to which the Whitcomb family belongs?

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