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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 event at Jared's house does Sebastian say stops time for him entirely?

2. With what alcohol does Jared spike his and Sebastian's grape soda during their first band practice?

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

4. When Sebastian telepathically tells Nana to talk to him, what adjective does he use to describe her state?

5. What does Meredith admit to being afraid of at the age of 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does Janice reveal to Sebastian as the real reason for her role as a youth group leader at Immanuel Methodist Church?

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

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

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

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

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. What reason does Meredith give Sebastian for the way she treats Jared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Nana's function in the novel and what messages does the author get across to the reader through the use of her character?

Essay Topic 2

Perform a feminist criticism of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the relationship between Jared and Janice. In what ways is this mother-son relationship dysfunctional and what does the author appear to suggest as the key to making a dysfunctional relationship into a healthier one?

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