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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. In return for the loan of the church's bass, what does Janice ask Sebastian to do for her?
2. What does Sebastian take from the dome the night he sees she has been progressing on the geoscope project without him?
3. What reason does Janice give to the person on the other line for why Jared cannot come to the phone and talk?
4. What drug does Janice say that Jared still has in his system upon his return from the hospital?
5. What event at Jared's house does Sebastian say stops time for him entirely?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Jared cite when he tells Sebastian why he had stopped taking his medication?
2. 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?
3. What is Jared's reaction to Sebastian catching Meredith when Sebastian catches her after her fall from the balance beam and why?
4. What does Jared tell Sebastian a band has to do, no matter how angry their songs are?
5. What does Janice cite as the destiny of all mothers?
6. 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?
7. What is Sebastian's reaction to the realization that Nana has moved on with completing the geoscope project in his absence?
8. What does Sebastian learn as a result of having to hide beneath Meredith's bed during her conversation with Janice?
9. What reason does Jared give Sebastian for why their band "needs to be awesome" (157)?
10. 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?
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
How does the theme of isolation function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the meaning of the novel's final passage in which Sebastian declares, "I brace for the noise" (352). How does the passage display the themes present throughout the work?
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