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

2. What name do Jared and Sebastian end up choosing for their band?
(a) The Mumps.
(b) The Rash.
(c) The Measles.
(d) The Hives.

3. What does Jared tell Sebastian had been his and his dad's secret signal?
(a) Horns honking twice.
(b) Two fingers being held in the air.
(c) Two knocks.
(d) Lights flickering twice.

4. What is the name of the newspaper that runs a less than flattering story about the geodesic dome?
(a) North Branch Courier.
(b) North Branch Herald.
(c) North Branch Gazette.
(d) North Branch Tribune.

5. With whom is Janice talking on the phone when Sebastian arrives home from hanging posters with Meredith?
(a) Lindsey.
(b) Jared.
(c) Nana.
(d) Mr. Whitcomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jared's reaction when Sebastian tells him that Nana has a plan for Sebastian to save humanity?

2. What reason does Jared tell Sebastian that he will likely be released from the hospital soon?

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

4. What is Jared's nearly inaudible reply when Sebastian tells him that he has "immense musical talent" (197)?

5. Jared tells Sebastian that it does not matter what they look like because "people just want your booty if you're a" (144) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one thing Meredith cites as the quality of Sebastian's that makes him different and is the thing she really likes about him?

2. Why is Sebastian's plan of trying to learn bass unsuccessful?

3. What is Sebastian's reaction to the realization that Nana has moved on with completing the geoscope project in his absence?

4. What does Sebastian discover about the origin of the word punk, and how does he apply the knowledge to his own band?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What are the qualities that Sebastian tells Meredith he likes about her when he calls her up the second time and does not know that it is him?

9. To whom does Sebastian hear Janice talking on the phone when he gets back to the Whitcombs' house after he and Meredith finish hanging gig posters?

10. How does Sebastian apply his understanding of sorting to his and Jared's efforts within the songwriting process?

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