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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 subject does Sebastian offer to help Jared learn during his first official study hour prescribed by Janice?
(a) Geology.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Biology.

2. What reason does Jared tell Sebastian that he will likely be released from the hospital soon?
(a) He is feeling better.
(b) Janice is smiling more often.
(c) Janice is out of money.
(d) He is going crazy.

3. What is Jared's nearly inaudible reply when Sebastian tells him that he has "immense musical talent" (197)?
(a) Shut up.
(b) Thank you.
(c) Shove it.
(d) So do you.

4. When Meredith tells Sebastian that people are always talking about themselves, whom does she say is the one exception?
(a) Nana.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Janice.
(d) Jared.

5. What does Meredith admit to being afraid of at the age of 17?
(a) The dark.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Death.
(d) Bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the back of the tee shirts that Jared makes for the band members, what is the stick figure wearing?

2. Sebastian's research reveals that one of the first groups to use the word punk had been what kind of an entity?

3. What kind of memory does Janice say Jared has when it comes to his dad?

4. What drug does Janice say that Jared still has in his system upon his return from the hospital?

5. What does Janice instruct Meredith and Sebastian to eat for dinner when she drops them off at the Whitcombs' before going back to the hospital to stay with Jared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the big news Jared tells Sebastian about their band the day that Nana kicks Sebastian out of the house?

2. What is Jared's reaction to Sebastian catching Meredith when Sebastian catches her after her fall from the balance beam and why?

3. What clues does the author provide during the photographer's visit to the dome that suggest the outcome will not be a positive one when the article comes out?

4. What does Jared retrieve from the closet once he sees how worried Sebastian is about Nana the day he has been kicked out of Nana's house?

5. What reason does Jared cite when he tells Sebastian why he had stopped taking his medication?

6. What does Jared reveal to Sebastian during the second youth group meeting as the real reason he has been struck ill?

7. What does Janice cite as the destiny of all mothers?

8. What does Jared tell Sebastian a band has to do, no matter how angry their songs are?

9. What does Nana reveal she thinks has caused Sebastian to stay out all night when he returns from staying the night at Jared's house?

10. What is the process of sorting according to Buckminster Fuller's philosophy?

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