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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nana tells Sebastian that he can be just like Buckminster Fuller and can help people become what adjective?
(a) Happy.
(b) Smart.
(c) Free.
(d) Enlightened.

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

3. What is Sebastian's father doing in the only photograph of him that Sebastian has ever seen?
(a) Doing a somersault.
(b) Spring peanut butter on bread.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Lying in bed.

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

5. 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) Getting paid back.
(c) Being Jared's friend.
(d) Ever coming home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sebestian tell the record store clerk that convinces the clerk to sell Sebastian a CD normally restricted from purchase by minors?

2. What does Sebastian say to the Whitcombs just after he tells them his name?

3. 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?

4. For what purpose do the Whitcombs arrive at Sebastian and Nana's house the first time they come?

5. What side effect of his new medication does Jared admit to Sebastian upon Sebastian's first visit to the Whitcombs' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspect of the distraction Jared decides to provide while Sebastian steals the bass is so cruel to Janice and why?

2. What does Sebastian reveal to the reader about crying during the scene when he is riding with Nana in the ambulance?

3. What comments of Sebastian's upon his first visit to Jared's house infuriate Jared and cause him to lash out at Sebastian?

4. What is the significance of the framed photographs of the dome that Nana and Sebastian sell in their gift shop?

5. What does Sebastian say he used to require from Nana in order to be able to fall asleep and what is its significance?

6. What is the first question Jared asks Sebastian after he is told that Sebastian may sound funny to others since he hardly ever leaves the dome?

7. What does Nana say she discovers during a vision she has while Jared has been secretly visiting Jared for the first time?

8. How do Nana's first comments to Sebastian in the hospital foreshadow coming events?

9. Explain the Guiding Principles according to Buckminster Fuller's philosophy of life.

10. What is the significance of Sebastian's secret password for the computer in the dome?

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