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

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) Tell Jared his life story.
(b) Hang up.
(c) Swear at Jared.
(d) Start crying.

3. What does Nana cite as the reason that she had not attended Buckminster Fuller's funeral?
(a) She had missed her flight.
(b) She had not been invited.
(c) She had been angry at him for dying.
(d) She had been too grief-stricken.

4. 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 important to the universe.
(d) He is too strong a swimmer to drown himself.

5. What does Sebastian say to the Whitcombs just after he tells them his name?
(a) Do we get to choose how we pose?
(b) The hose is in the backyard.
(c) Welcome to the future.
(d) We don't want any.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When Sebastian first decides to disobey Nana by learning about punk rock music online, what subject does he continue to study across the room between web searches?

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

5. What chord does Jared tell Sebastian is the best guitar chord of all?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What character traits of Jared's are displayed during the scene of Nana's stroke before the ambulance arrives?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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