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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. What is different about Sebastian and Nana's home in relation to the other homes in town?
(a) It is a glass dome.
(b) It is octagonal in shape.
(c) It is made of metal.
(d) It is ten stories tall.

2. What is the name of the first record store that Sebastian ever visits in his life?
(a) It's Only a Record Store but I Like It.
(b) Everyday Tunes.
(c) Rock 'n Troll.
(d) The Record Collector.

3. What item does Nana name as Sebastian's sales quota for the day the Whitcombs arrive?
(a) A painting of their unique home.
(b) A glow-in-the-dark replica of their unique home.
(c) A map of their unique home.
(d) A framed photograph of their unique home.

4. 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 tourists.
(d) As part of a cleaning crew.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What is the only word Sebastian recognizes from the first punk song Jared ever plays for him?

3. What is NOT one reason the Greater Intellect cites when it tells Buckminster Fuller that he should not commit suicide?

4. What does Janice instruct the youth group members to write on their note cards that they will then burn?

5. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles by which Sebastian and Nana live says, "Every day I will give myself wholly to" (7) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sebastian's train of simple postscripts in his emails to Jared intrigue and draw Jared in to a friendship?

2. What does Sebastian notice affixed to Jared's Mp3 player when Janice is driving him away from the hospital and what does it signify?

3. What is the significance of Sebastian's online search for information about Sid Vicious?

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

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

6. What comment from Sebastian causes the rest of the car ride home from youth group to be spent in uncomfortable silence?

7. How does Janice's invitation to stay for lunch serve as a major turning point in Sebastian's life?

8. What is the significance of Sebastian's comments about the South Pole?

9. What element of the pictures he finds of Sid Vicious does Sebastian find inspirational and encouraging?

10. 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?

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