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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 never speak to him again.
(d) He will throw a rock through the dome's glass.

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

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

4. What drink does Sebastian experience for the first time to accompany his first grilled cheese sandwich ever?
(a) A strawberry soda.
(b) A grape soda.
(c) A cola.
(d) A ginger ale.

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

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

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

8. What does Janice Whitcomb repeatedly cite as the reason that Mr. Whitcomb is never home?
(a) He is frequently in the hospital for heart trouble.
(b) He and Janice are legally separated.
(c) He travels a lot for his sales job.
(d) He spends a lot of time taking care of his ill mother.

9. 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?
(a) His lack of social skills.
(b) His immaturity.
(c) His lack of the ability to get along with his family members.
(d) His health.

10. 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) Electric banjo.
(c) Axe.
(d) Bass guitar.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Buckminster Fuller's visions was called a Cloud Nine. How did he define a Cloud Nine?

2. 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?

3. What does Sebastian uncover about Sid Vicious's amplifier in his research about the punk rock icon?

4. What action does Jared ask Sebastian to take so that he will not get caught smoking in his bedroom?

5. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?

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