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

2. When Sebastian calls Jared for the first time and Jared asks why he has called, what does Sebastian reveal to the reader that he then has the urge to do?
(a) Start crying.
(b) Tell Jared his life story.
(c) Swear at Jared.
(d) Hang up.

3. 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) Talent.
(c) A flair for music.
(d) Personality.

4. What question does Sebastian write on his note card during the youth group activity?
(a) Who am I meant to be?
(b) What type of triangle am I?
(c) Will Nana be okay?
(d) What is my path?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Nana cite for the need to get more money coming into the household?

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

3. What is Nana's legal first name?

4. Whom does Jared name as the first punk rocker?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What reason does Jared give for naming Napoleon as the first punk rocker?

7. What is the significance of the scene in which Jared shows his scar?

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

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

10. How do Nana's past predictions about Sebastian's path contrast with her pronouncements about him after her stroke?

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