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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. When Nana opens her eyes and speaks to Sebastian just before he leaves the hospital the day of her stroke, what does she say?
(a) "You are going away" (27).
(b) "Praise Bucky" (27).
(c) "Please be good" (27).
(d) "Don't ever leave me" (27).

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

3. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?
(a) Marlboros.
(b) Lucky Strikes.
(c) Camels.
(d) American Spirits.

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

5. What does Sebestian tell the record store clerk that convinces the clerk to sell Sebastian a CD normally restricted from purchase by minors?
(a) It is the first CD he has ever bought.
(b) His grandmother just had a stroke.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He lives in the dome on the hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Nana first ask Sebastian to purchase paint in town?

2. What does Jared call Janice when she asks Jared if he has played his electric guitar for Sebastian?

3. 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?

4. Jared says he does not play his electric guitar at the church because it would make God so mad that He would have to take what action?

5. What does Janice do when she drops off Sebastian at the dome for the first time that makes Sebastian wonder how often other families touch each other?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sebastian notice about Nana's clothing just before her stroke?

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

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

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 Nana's first comments to Sebastian in the hospital foreshadow coming events?

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

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

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

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