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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jared do when Sebastian reaches out to touch Jared's scar?
2. Nana tells Sebastian that an education means knowing how to do what?
3. Jared tells Sebastian that if he says no to joining the band, he should not plan on doing what?
4. What is NOT one reason the Greater Intellect cites when it tells Buckminster Fuller that he should not commit suicide?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nana say she discovers during a vision she has while Jared has been secretly visiting Jared for the first time?
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 reason does Jared give for naming Napoleon as the first punk rocker?
4. What is the significance of the framed photographs of the dome that Nana and Sebastian sell in their gift shop?
5. How do Nana's past predictions about Sebastian's path contrast with her pronouncements about him after her stroke?
6. What is the significance of Sebastian's comments about the South Pole?
7. Explain the Guiding Principles according to Buckminster Fuller's philosophy of life.
8. How do Sebastian's train of simple postscripts in his emails to Jared intrigue and draw Jared in to a friendship?
9. What does Sebastian notice affixed to Jared's Mp3 player when Janice is driving him away from the hospital and what does it signify?
10. What is the significance of Sebastian's online search for information about Sid Vicious?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the novel's theme depicting health problems as a means of self-discovery.
Essay Topic 2
What is the function of language within the novel and how does the author use differences in diction, word choice, and formality levels within the dialogue of the various characters in order to support a number of the novel's underlying themes?
Essay Topic 3
What is the novel's message concerning vulnerability within the human condition?
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