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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. During the time Sebastian works on the Geoscope with Nana during the day, what does he do at night?

2. What is the title of the first song that Jared and Sebastian write together?

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

4. When Meredith tells Sebastian that people are always talking about themselves, whom does she say is the one exception?

5. What night of the week does Sebastian realize that he has inadvertently made plans with both Meredith and Jared for the same night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sebastian realize about Buckminster Fuller's philosophy after he has his first sexual experience by touching Meredith's breast?

3. 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?

4. What is the significance of Meredith thinking Sebastian is Jared at her door and telling him to get away from the door and that she is fine?

5. 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?

6. What does Sebastian learn as a result of having to hide beneath Meredith's bed during her conversation with Janice?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the novel's message concerning vulnerability within the human condition?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Buckminster Fuller's philosophies within the novel and how do the tenets of his teaching interact with the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of isolation function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?

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